Israel saves life of Palestinian baby, after child collapses at border
crossing
Baby was traveling with family from West Bank to Jordan to receive medical
care in Jordan, but his health deteriorated as he was trying to cross
border, leading to massive Israeli rescue operation.
Itay Blumenthal - YNET Published: 12.27.14, 17:39 / Israel News
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4608295,00.html

A Palestinian baby collapsed while crossing the border between the West Bank
and Jordan, prompting the IDF to send a helicopter to evacuate the child to
a Jerusalem hospital, effectively saving his life.

The six-month-old boy was crossing the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein Bridge),
connecting the West Bank to Jordan, with his family Saturday to receive
medical care in the Jordanian kingdom when he suffered what doctors think
was a heart attack.

His sudden collapsed caught the attention of a border official who alerted
paramedics who call the IDF.

The boy's mother told Ynet that her child suffers from heart problems and a
local doctor told her she must "take him to Jordan for urgent medical care".
However, en route to the kingdom, at around 11 am Saturday, the child
collapsed.

"We found an unconscious child with no heart rate," MDA paramedics Hashan
Aala and Nader Komz told Ynet, explaining they arrived after a local medical
team administered first aid.

"We began resuscitation attempts and after a few minutes we were joined by a
senior medical staff and IDF medical forces which had also arrived at the
scene."

After stabilizing the boy, the senior doctor and IDF medical forces decided
that in light of his serious yet stable state, the boy must be taken to
hospital urgently.

A representative from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the
Territories Unit (COGAT), located in nearby Jerico and charged with
coordinating between the IDF and Palestinian Authority, quickly cleared the
boy for entrance into Israel and he was taken to Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein
Karem Medical Center.