Monday, July 7, 2008

Naim asks Mousa to assist in ending tragedy of trapped patients


"CAIRO, (PIC)-- Dr. Basem Naim, the health minister in the PA caretaker government, has asked Amre Mousa, the Arab League secretary general, to help in ending the tragedy of Palestinian patients trapped at the Gaza borders with Egypt.

He said that more than 1,000 seriously ill Palestinians and around 5,000 other humanitarian cases, "which could not be delayed", were impatiently waiting for the opening of Rafah crossing.

Naim, who met with Mousa on the sidelines of the periodical meeting of Arab doctors union that was held in Cairo in the period July 3-4, also asked for dispatching Arab medical specialists to work for certain periods of time in Gaza. He also asked for providing scholarships and professional courses to rehabilitate and elevate competency of the Palestinian medical staff.

The minister hoped that the Arabs would deal seriously with the Palestinian issue [dream on...] similar to the Arab role in the Lebanese and Iraqi questions [??]......"

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