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Israel imposes age restrictions on companions of Gaza patients
Hamas newspaper 27 November 2015
http://english.alresalah.ps/en/post.php?id=4946
GAZA CITY (Alresalah.ps) -- Israeli occupation authorities imposed
restrictions on the age of Palestinians, allowed to accompany patients, when
transferred to hospitals in the occupied West Bank and 1948 Occupied
Palestine.
Only people of 55 years old and above are allowed to travel to the West Bank
and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The new restrictions will have impact on many patients, especially children,
having difficulties accessing treatment without the escortion of their
parents and other close relatives aged below 55.
The Director General of the Health Minister’s Office, Maher Shamiya, on
Thursday slammed the Israeli decision, saying in a press statement that it
comes as part of Israeli intents to crack down on Palestinian patients and
their families.
Shamiya underlined that most of those transferred for treatment in the
occupied territories are tumor-stricken patients. “How can a person aged 55
or over assist such a critical category of medical patients?” He wondered.
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