BBC follows journey of Gazan child
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World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service. Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Paul Moss, and in the early hours of Tuesday, December 23rd, we hear about a desperately ill one-year-old child who was evacuated from Gaza but is now back in the Palestinian territory. Donald Trump suspends all US offshore wind power projects, claiming they're a national security risk. Amazon says it's blocked North Koreans trying to sign up as tech company employees. Also in this podcast, the 19th century slave who escaped from the US and the letter she wrote to her mother back home. It's a really poignant story about how her daughter is OK.
Her daughter made it and now she's free. Back in June, the BBC reported on a one-year-old girl from Gaza with severe nutritional problems. After that broadcast, Siwa Ashour was evacuated to Jordan for medical treatment. She's now back in the Palestinian territory, but she's also back in hospital. Our correspondent Fergal Keane has been following her story. She arrived in Jordan last June, frail and frightened looking. Sibar Ashour has a medical condition that stops her absorbing enough nutrition and which doctors in Gaza said threatened her life. Five months later, this is her first birthday party in Amman. Surrounded by her mother, father, grandmother and Jordanian health workers, medical treatment had improved her condition.
But Siwar is now back in Gaza and back in hospital. Siwar returned from Jordan approximately 10 days ago. She changed for the worse. Around, I mean, the third day, she started having diarrhea and vomiting. And her situation keeps getting worse. It's Jordan's official policy that patients must return when their treatment is finished. Siwar was among 45 children sent back this month. I spoke about her case with Jordan's Minister for Communications, Dr Mohamed Al-Mamani. Do you understand how people might find it hard to accept that a child in such a vulnerable state would be sent back to Gaza in the current conditions there?
No patient is sent back before they finish their medical treatment. Upon the conclusion of the treatment, they are asked to go back for two reasons. The first reason is that this will allow us to bring more patients from Gaza. We cannot take all of them at once. We have to take them in batches. The second reason, honestly, we don't want to contribute in any shape or form to the displacement of Palestinians from their land.
For Siwar's family, the journey back to Gaza was traumatic. They'd been given 12 cans of special milk formula essential to Siwar, only to have many of them confiscated by Israeli officials, as her mother Najwa explained. They kept saying, it is forbidden for you to take them.
I had 12 cans with me. They took nine from me and left me three cans. The three cans don't suffice Siwar at all.
I asked the Israeli authorities why this happened. This was their response. Due to security restrictions, the return of the families was approved subject to their arrival at the crossing with minimal luggage, including baby food and clothing.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:34
2
What is the story of Siwar Ashour and her medical evacuation?
7:34–16:40
3
How has Siwar's return to Gaza impacted her health?
16:40–18:38
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What is Jordan's policy regarding medical treatment for Gazan children?
18:38–23:35
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What are the challenges faced by Siwar's family upon returning to Gaza?
23:35–28:26