RAMALLAH, August 10, 2011 (WAFA) – Sick Palestinian prisoner Zakaria DAwood, 42, was transferred on Wednesday from Naqap prison to Soroka hospital, near Beersheba in southern Israel, in a critical condition, according to Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe'e.
Qaraqe'e told WAFA that Dawood, from Bethlehem, who has served nine years of his 14 years sentence, was transferred from Naqap prison after he lost consciousness and the ability to speak.
Dawood, who has been sick while he was imprisoned, did not receive any treatment and lost a lot of weight in one month, weighing now 35 kilograms, to be discovered later that he had head tumors.
Qaraqe held the prison’s administration and doctors fully responsible for Dawood’s condition and demanded his immediate release.
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