{"id":101292,"date":"2024-07-24T20:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/children-from-gaza-flown-to-spain-for-urgent-medical-care-with-more-expected-elsewhere-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:24:08","slug":"children-from-gaza-flown-to-spain-for-urgent-medical-care-with-more-expected-elsewhere-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/children-from-gaza-flown-to-spain-for-urgent-medical-care-with-more-expected-elsewhere-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Children from Gaza flown to Spain for ‘urgent medical care’ – with more expected elsewhere in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Children from Gaza have been flown to Spain for “urgent medical care”, in what is expected to be the first in a series of European countries offering evacuations for treatment.<\/p>\n

Almost 40,000 Palestinians have died in the territory<\/a> <\/strong>since the 7 October attacks, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while Gazans cope with shortages of food, water, medicine and functioning hospitals.<\/p>\n

To address the dire humanitarian situation, a deal between the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), the EU and the World Health Organisation hopes to fly hundreds of injured children from Gaza to cities around Europe.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed 15 children from Gaza had arrived for treatment.<\/p>\n

He said they would be offered “safe treatment” and they would receive “what every child deserves, wherever they were born: a healthy and hopeful childhood”.<\/p>\n

“Welcome to Spain,” Mr Sanchez added.<\/p>\n

The children were due to arrive in Madrid from Cairo with 27 of their immediate relatives and they will be treated at hospitals across Spain.<\/p>\n

According to the PCRF, these children suffer from severe conditions “such as traumatic injuries, oncology needs and chronic cardiac conditions, requiring specialised medical intervention”.<\/p>\n

Citing the health ministry, Spanish newspaper El Pais reports 13 of the patients have serious trauma injuries, while one is a cancer patient and another has a chronic heart disease.<\/p>\n

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“This milestone co-operation will secure life-saving treatment for injured children in Europe,” PCRF chairwoman Vivian Khalaf said.<\/p>\n

The WHO said the 15 children arriving in Spain would be receiving “urgent medical care”.<\/p>\n

“These very sick children will be getting the care they need thanks to cooperation between several partners and countries,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, <\/strong>the WHO’s director-general.<\/p>\n

“We are immensely grateful for the support and facilitation provided by Egypt and Spain.<\/p>\n

“We encourage other countries who have the capacity and medical facilities to welcome people who, through no fault of their own, are caught in the grips of this war.”<\/p>\n

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The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism said Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania and Slovakia have also offered medical evacuations, which includes treatment for patients and transportation.<\/p>\n

Belgium, Italy and Norway are expected to follow suit as of next week, the PCRF said.<\/p>\n

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The commissioner for crisis management at the EU, Janez Lenarcic, said medical evacuations are “more crucial than ever” while remaining hospitals in Gaza are “overwhelmed”.<\/p>\n

“I thank Spain and the other EU member states who offered assistance for their commitment to Palestinians in need of urgent medical care,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Israel and all the actors involved in these operations must continue honouring their commitment and facilitate the needed access for evacuations to continue.”<\/p>\n

The WHO said on Tuesday there is a high risk of the polio virus spreading across Gaza and beyond its borders due to the dire health and sanitation situation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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