Palestinian ex-detainee Randa al-Shahatit was transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem while in a critical condition. Doctors have not yet determined the reason behind the collapse in her immune system.
Al-Shahatit’s husband Ibrahim Abu Sabha told the PIC reporter that his wife was in her seventh month of pregnancy when she started to feel tired and exhausted all the time. Randa was taken to a local clinic where she was asked to rest.
“We took the doctor’s advice into consideration but it developed into too much sleep and inability to move” Abu Sabha added. Randa was later transferred to Alia government hospital.
Abu Sabha explained “Since she was admitted to Alia Hospital we had repeatedly tried to transfer her to Hadassah Hospital but the Israeli authorities refused.”
The Israeli authorities allowed her transfer later at the request of officials from the Palestinian Authority. According to Abu Sabha medical staff at Hadassah Hospital confirmed that the fetus was still alive despite the mother’s bad health condition.
A few hours after Randa was taken to Hadassah Hospital on 28th June the family were informed that the fetus had died. After the fetus was delivered Randa’s health became worse and she has been held at the intensive care unit ever since.
Abu Sabha affirmed that his wife is a mother of three children and she has never suffered from the possible symptoms mentioned in the hospital reports. He has doubts that his wife was poisoned while in Israeli jails.
He called on human rights organizations and all those concerned to help his wife travel abroad and undergo the necessary tests that would unveil the reasons behind the weird deterioration in her health.
Randa al-Shahatit was arrested several times by the Israeli occupation forces and spent about six years and a half in Israeli jails before she was released in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal. Al-Shahatit was accused of being involved in anti-Israel attacks.
