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MEDIA B-ROLL PACKAGE WITH SCRIPT + SHOTLIST
HEALTH / GAZA FAMILY IN SPAIN
Please find below a B-Roll dated 12 November on Gaza medical evacuations to Spain .
MEDIA B-ROLL PACKAGE WITH SCRIPT + SHOTLIST
HEALTH / GAZA FAMILY IN SPAIN
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STORY: WHO / GAZA FAMILY IN SPAIN
SOURCE: WHO EUROPE OFFICE
TRT: 05:15
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: SPANISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 12 NOVEMBER 2024, OVIEDO, SPAIN
Summary
Iman, a 33-year-old mother from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, made the heartbreaking decision to leave her husband and family behind to save her daughter Eleen, who is battling leukemia. Eleen’s treatment ended when hostilities broke out between Gaza and Israel with the shelling of the hospital where she received treatment. Eleen was medically evacuated with another 14 children to Spain where she continues her treatment.
Storyline
Iman, a 33-year-old mother from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, made the heartbreaking decision to leave her husband and family behind to save her daughter Eleen, who is battling leukemia.
Eleen’s treatment ended when hostilities broke out between Gaza and Israel, leading to the shelling of the hospital where she received treatment. Eleen was medically evacuated with another 14 children to Spain where she continues her treatment.
Supported by the non-profit organization Accem, Iman and her twin daughters are rebuilding their lives, receiving psychosocial support, and integrating into Spanish society.
The medical evacuation from Egypt to Spain was a highly complex operation, requiring the collaboration of five Spanish ministries, the World Health Organization, the European Union Civil Protection mechanism and not-for-profit organizations in Egypt and Spain.
Congresswoman and nurse Alda Recas, who was part of the mission to Egypt, played a key role in ensuring the smooth transfer of patients to Spain. Alda Recas passionately believes that more must be done—by Spain and other countries—to support the people of Gaza. Recas is also resolute in her mission to ensure Spain can continue facilitating the evacuation of sick and injured Gazans in the future.
WHO appeals for the establishment of multiple medical evacuation corridors to ensure sustained, organized, safe and timely passage of patients via all possible routes, including Rafah and Kerem Shalom. WHO once again calls for the end of the war, as peace is ultimately the best path to health.
Useful information:
15 600 patients are requiring urgent medical evacuations from Gaza, with only 5230 evacuated so far. Almost half of them had cancer, 40% had war injuries and 200 had kidney diseases. Only 342 patients have been evacuated since Rafah closure in May 2024. Prior to 7 October 2023, about 100 patients with critical health needs were evacuated outside Gaza daily.
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