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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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(230526) -- HAJJAH (YEMEN), May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ibrahim Aati (Front), a seven-year-old Yemeni child who cannot get access to proper medication, stands in front of his family hut with the help of his father in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen, on May 25, 2023. Ibrahim Aati has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years. Ibrahim is among millions of Yemenis who lack access to essential medical services. The outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014 has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced 4 million people, and wreaked havoc on the country's healthcare system and economy. (Photo by Mohammed al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Seven-year-old's desperate battle for medical service highlights Yemenis' plight

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(230526) -- HAJJAH (YEMEN), May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ibrahim Aati, a seven-year-old Yemeni child who cannot get access to proper medication, totters into his family hut in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen, on May 25, 2023. Ibrahim Aati has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years. Ibrahim is among millions of Yemenis who lack access to essential medical services. The outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014 has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced 4 million people, and wreaked havoc on the country's healthcare system and economy. (Photo by Mohammed al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Seven-year-old's desperate battle for medical service highlights Yemenis' plight

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(230526) -- HAJJAH (YEMEN), May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ibrahim Aati (R), a seven-year-old Yemeni child who cannot get access to proper medication, lies on a bed in his family hut in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen, on May 25, 2023. Ibrahim Aati has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years. Ibrahim is among millions of Yemenis who lack access to essential medical services. The outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014 has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced 4 million people, and wreaked havoc on the country's healthcare system and economy. (Photo by Mohammed al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Seven-year-old's desperate battle for medical service highlights Yemenis' plight

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-MEDICAL SERVICE-PLIGHT

(230526) -- HAJJAH (YEMEN), May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ibrahim Aati, a seven-year-old Yemeni child who cannot get access to proper medication, looks out through a window of his family hut in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen, on May 25, 2023. Ibrahim Aati has endured excruciating pain from large, swollen lumps on his back and stomach for more than three years. Ibrahim is among millions of Yemenis who lack access to essential medical services. The outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014 has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced 4 million people, and wreaked havoc on the country's healthcare system and economy. (Photo by Mohammed al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Seven-year-old's desperate battle for medical service highlights Yemenis' plight