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Gaza patients face agonising delays for medical evacuation

An estimated 300 Palestinians referred for treatment abroad have died since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

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An estimated 300 Palestinians referred for treatment abroad have died since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. When Gaza's medical board approved Amina Abu al-Kas to leave the Strip for treatment abroad, her son Saber said it felt like the beginning of a new life. She knew there was no treatment in Gaza, so she was happy and excited," he told the BBC. Painkillers caused stomach ulcers and inflammation, and the doctors banned her from taking them." After receiving the medical referral, Saber said the family waited for news that Amina had passed security clearances and had been accepted by a foreign country for treatment, both necessary to leave Gaza. And we also knew that at any moment a miracle might happen, that we might get a call saying, 'Get your bags ready and prepare to travel through the crossing,'" Saber told the BBC. My mother died [on 29 May], and two weeks after her death, I got a call from the hospital informing me that her paperwork was ready." Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says Amina is one of 300 Palestinians who have died waiting for medical evacuations since the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began there last October. Thousands of others, the health ministry currently says 15,000, are still waiting for treatment abroad, some for war-related injuries; others for conditions such as cancer.

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