Reports | 25 05 2020
Abu Ali arrived in Lebanon more than two years ago, looking for a treatment for his injury, but he didn’t get any help so far!
Despite all the NGOs concerned with the Syrians, all the medical cases of the Syrians that cost a lot of money are suspended.
The beginning of long journey
Abu Ali was injured in his left leg and hiship, in “Qaboun” neighborhood of the capital Damascus, two years ago, when he fled to it from the random shells over south neighborhoods of Damascus, so he decided to leave to Lebanon, in order to have therapy for his injuries, hoping that he would find some space there to live, but he found nothing.
He said to "Rozana": "Although it was difficult for me to move from Syria to Lebanon, but I had confident in God that I would get treatment, despite the fact that my case grows worse by the day, my foot started clotting, due to the closure of blood vessels connecting to my feet, trying to find someone who can adapt my treatment since I arrived, as soon as possible.”.
While tolerating the pain became much harder, his wife collected a sum of money from relatives and neighbors and rushed to the hospital “Rafik Hariri” in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The man explains that when he went to Hariri Hospital, they carried out the necessary tests, and brought him into the operating room, cut off one of his fingers for fear of gangrene extension.
What about the concerned associations in Lebanon? His wife answers: "charities refused to provide for his medical case, because of its high cost, which costs up to 11 thousand US Dollars, almost", adding: "the cost of the palliative medicine is about 200 thousand L.L, that means up to $ 130, and it was difficult to find a donor who can take care of that monthly."
No complete solutions!
Zain is a Syrian activist in the field of human rights, following Abu Ali’s medical case closely, and believes that the temporary treatment is insufficient, and it is only an analgesic.
Zain adds: "The operation, which cost about 11 thousand dollars, is the best solution, and better than keep searching for drugs and painkillers every month after we gave up to find a donor."
A worker in an organization interested in medical affairs, who preferred anonymity, said: "We may cover a number of medical cases, that cost the same amount of Abu Ali’s single operation" explaining that UNHCR can’t cover it, according to the medical coverage standards.
Abu Ali’s case is still waiting for donations from concerned Syrian authorities, perhaps he would find his space, after two years away from his country!