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IOF Prevents Medical Care to Asthma Sufferer
NABLUS, February 27, 2007, (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented on Tuesday an ambulance from reaching a citizen suffers from asthma.
WAFA correspondent revealed that the Nablus resident, Ghareb Selhab, is in a critical condition after being denied access to medical treatment by the IOF.
After tear gas was fired into his house by the IOF, the 47-year old asthma sufferer had a severe attack. An ambulance was prevented from reaching him for two hours. Selhab is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Watani hospital.
Many other Nablus residents have been denied medical treatment due to the ongoing siege. Sources from the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees report that they have been unable to reach 8 people who needed insulin.
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