RAMALLAH (PIC)– The Palestinian Prisoner Society disclosed on Sunday that two Gazan prisoners are suffering critical health conditions due to the policy of medical neglect and procrastination in providing treatment adopted by Israeli Prison Service (IPS) against Palestinian prisoners.
The Society revealed that captive Khaled Abu Amsheh a 52-year-old man from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza is suffering from weakness of the heart muscle dyspnea chronic inflammation of the joints poor vision and teeth problems.
Detainee Abu Amsheh who is sentenced to life imprisonment and has been detained since 2006 is not receiving medications except pain killers and blood thinners.
The Society also pointed to the health status of captive Ibrahim al-Bitar 34 from Gaza who is suffering acute inflammatory bowels (Crohn’s disease) which he caught a few months after his arrest.
His health accordingly worsened and got infected with anemia and osteoporosis due to medical negligence in Israeli jails.
Captive Bitar who has been detained since 2003 and sentenced to 17 years lost his vision in one of his eyes because of an earlier injury the society added.
