Muhammad: A Baby Awaits Evacuation from the ICU Bed
A Palestinian infant named Muhammad al-Masri, only nine months old, lies in intensive care at a hospital in Khan Younis, awaiting medical evacuation for treatment abroad. He suffers from intestinal adhesions and has undergone three surgeries, and has developed severe malnutrition, a bacterial infection, kidney failure, and fluid in the lungs. An emergency referral was issued for him, but he has not yet traveled due to the occupation's restrictions on patient travel. His mother appeals to the World Health Organization for urgent intervention.
Nine-month-old Muhammad al-Masri lies in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Khan Younis, awaiting medical evacuation for treatment abroad. He suffers from intestinal adhesions and has undergone three surgeries, but his condition has deteriorated due to complications and bacteria that spread in his intestines. He now suffers from severe malnutrition, weighing only four kilograms, in addition to a bacterial infection, blood acidity, kidney failure, and fluid in the lungs. He received an emergency referral for treatment abroad, but he has not yet traveled due to the occupation's restrictions on the travel of patients from Gaza. His mother, Manar al-Masri, stays with him in the hospital and says his condition worsens day by day, appealing to the World Health Organization to intervene urgently to evacuate him before it is too late. The family was displaced from Beit Hanoun to a tent in Khan Younis, losing everything they owned. Muhammad's father is injured and cannot work, and he has a daughter suffering from celiac disease, adding to the financial burdens.