Seven-year-old's desperate struggle for medical service in battle-torn Yemen
STORY: Seven-year-old's desperate struggle for medical service in battle-torn Yemen
DATELINE: May 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:38
LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen
CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Al-Jada village
2. various of the ailing child
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUHAMMAD AATI, Father of the ailing child
4. various of the village and the ailing child
5. various of a local medical center crowded with children waiting for treatment
STORYLINE:
Seven-year-old Yemeni boy Ibrahim has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years.
In late 2019, he found it difficult to play, walk, or even sleep due to the pain. The pain only gets worse with each passing day.
Muhammad, Ibrahim's father, took him to a hospital in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, where doctors told them that Ibrahim would need two surgeries, but not until he was four years old.
The father and son returned to their village in the Haradh district of Hajjah Governorate in northwestern Yemen,
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- Registered date
- 2023/5/27 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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