Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday the death of a new infant due to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) procrastination in issuing him a medical referral to be able to travel abroad for treatment.
The Ministry said in a statement that the infant Nafez Khas who was in a critical condition died four days after his birth to be the 19th victim of the PA’s decision to halt Gaza patients’ medical referrals.
A human rights center said that the number of the cases allowed to be transferred abroad for treatment was reduced by 75% last month warning that the lives of thousands of Gazan patients are at risk because of this move.
