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STORY: WHO / GAZA PATIENTS EVACUATION
TRT: 10:38
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 30-31 DECEMBER 2024, EUROPEAN GAZA HOSPITAL, RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
30 DECEMBER 2024, EUROPEAN GAZA HOSPITAL, RAFAH
1. Various shots, ambulances and buses arriving; patients and companions alighting and being escorted inside
2. Various shots, inside the hospital ward of patients arriving and sitting on chairs and mattresses, talking and playing awaiting evacuation. Mostly children. (Polio vaccinations being administered to some children)
3. Various shots of Ramez Radwan and Ahmed Abu Al-Anin sitting in the hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ramez Radwan Mother of patient Ahmed Abu Al-Anin:
“My son has had a congenital heart problem since birth, he has a ventricular septal defect (VSD) with a slight deviation preventing it from healing. He was also suffering from a high pulmonary pressure, and mitral regurgitation (note: a heart valve condition in which the flaps of the mitral valve do not close properly, causing a backward flow of blood back to the heart). He needed to be put on certain period treatment, and now he needs a VSD surgery that we will be hopefully doing in the United Arab Emirates.”
5. Various shots, Ahmed Al-Amasi sitting on a stretcher before being wheeled into a ward
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salwa Abu Amna, Grandmother of patient Ahmed Al-Amasi:
“The child’s mother died, along with a group of people who were in the house, the child was injured, he suffered an amputation of his left leg, and multiple fractures starting at the top part of his right leg to his knee. He is also missing five-centimetre of bone.”
7. Various shots, Ahmed Al-Amasi being moved to a bed
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salwa Abu Amna, Grandmother of patient Ahmed Al-Amasi:
“I am his grandmother, and we are currently ready to head up to the crossing point tomorrow (Tuesday), and from there to the United Arab Emirates by God’s will. Hopefully they will be able to treat him by installing a part for his leg, and to treat his right leg from fractures.”
9. Various shots, Ahmed Al-Amasi being moved to a bed
10. Various shots, Heba Ashour holding her daughter Mays Ashour
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Heba Ashour, Mother of patient Mays Ashour:
“My daughter is suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot, which is multiple heart problems. She has two holes in her heart and an enlarged valve. The girl suffers a lot and is always sick because of this. She also suffers from malnutrition. This has affected her growth; My daughter is one year and two months old, but she looks seven months younger than her age. We have contacted the World Health Organization and made a referral for her, and by God’s will we will be traveling to the United Arab Emirates via Kerem Abu Salem crossing border.”
13. Various shots of Qusay Al-Askari sitting on a bed
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nima Mohammed Al-Askari, Mother of patient Qusay Al-Askari:
“My son has a heart condition, and we found out about his illness when he was a two-month-old baby. Currently his condition is getting worse in the war, his heart condition has gotten worse; he became unable to leave the hospital. The bombing, and the debris from the missiles have made his chest even more tired. His heart condition is getting worse, affecting his ability to walk properly, and causing high blood pressure.”
15. Various shots, Qusay Al-Askari, his mother Nima and siblings
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nima Mohammed Al-Askari, Mother of patient Qusay Al-Askari:
“Today we came here to the European Hospital, in order for us to travel tomorrow (to UAE) to have his surgery done, and by God’s will we will return safely. We thank the World Health Organization for helping us travel for treatment, and for preventing anything bad from happening to him.”
17. Various shots, the WHO team briefing patients and companions on the upcoming evacuation
18. Various shots, Taleen Al-Dramleh
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taleen Al-Dramleh, patient:
“Of course, I am extremely happy that am traveling. We also thank anyone who contributes to helping children and moving them out for treatment.”
20. Medium shot, Taleen Al-Dramleh and her family
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taleen Al-Dramleh, patient:
“I have a heart problem with blocked arteries, caused by fear because of what happened in Gaza.”
31 DECEMBER 2024, EUROPEAN GAZA HOSPITAL, RAFAH
22. Various shots, ambulances (no sound) and busses; patients walking towards and boarding the transport
23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taleen Al-Dramleh, patient:
“These are the last moments in the Gaza Strip and I am very happy because now we will head to the Kerem Abu Salem crossing. And of course, I am very happy and pleased because I want to travel.”
24. Various shots, ambulances and buses; patients walking towards and boarding the transport
25. Various shots, Ahmed being transferred to a stretcher and being taken to an ambulance
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ramez Radwan Mother of patient Ahmed Abu Al-Anin:
“These are the last moments in Gaza as we head to the crossing. God willing, God will heal my son and things will be easy for us and we will leave and return safely. We thank you very much for your help and support.”
27. Wide shot, paramedics entering the ambulance cab
28. Medium shot, a patient on a stretcher being transferred into an ambulance
29. Various shots, patients and companions inside the buses
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Shadi Muhesin, Medical evacuation support officer, WHO:
“The time is 05:30 and all the patients and companions are on the buses and ambulances behind me. We are about to form a convoy heading to Kerem Shalom. These patients are minors and oncology patient and trauma patients, patients with chronic diseases.”
31. Various shots, the evacuation convoy of busses and ambulances leaving the hospital towards the Kerem Shalom crossing
Today (Dec 31) WHO in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates, evacuated 55 patients and 72 caregivers from Gaza to UAE for specialized medical treatment. Patients included those suffering from autoimmune and blood diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, eye and renal issues, trauma injuries, neurological disorder, and skin diseases. More than 12,000 patients still need medical evacuation outside Gaza.
