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More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who have crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrive in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport shortly after 00:30 am local time (2130 GMT). IMAGES
Wael Hamzeh Beirut, Sep 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh ) After over two months of fighting cancer at home, Salma’s mother has landed a coveted hospital bed in a public hospital outside Beirut but that does not guarantee her access to treatment amid Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis. FOOTAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.SOUNDBITES FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ISSAM CHEHADE; AND SALMA, THE DAUGHTER OF A CANCER PATIENT ADMITTED TO THE RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.TRANSLATIONHead of the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Issam Chehade:1. "We are heading towards a catastrophic situation if the crisis continues like this and no solutions are found."2. "We are in the loop that the (Central) Bank of Lebanon approved it and the shipment will arrive. It is part of our daily routine to call the drug companies and they tell us next week."3. "And when the shipment arrives it is very limited and is distributed according to priority."Salma, daughter of a cancer patient admitted to Rafic Hariri University Hospital, outside Beirut:4. "I started looking for other alternatives such as the Syrian or Iranian version of these drugs, but they harm her, she cannot sleep."5. "We could not admit her to a hospital because she does not have health insurance and it is very difficult to put someone in a hospital through the Ministry of Health."
Beirut (Lebanon), Aug 26 .- (CAMERA: Nabil Mounzer) Lebanese cancer patients protested in front of ESCWA, in the center of Beirut, due to the shortage of medicines.
Barcelona, Spain, Aug 24 (EFE).- An international clinical trial involving 42 hospitals has concluded that putting seriously ill Covid-19 patients in a prone position improves their prognosis and reduces the likelihood of intubation or death. FOOTAGE OF A HOSPITAL IN BARCELONA, SPAIN.
Mexico City, Jul 24 (EFE).- Thousands of Mexican patients, survivors and families of those with cancer marched on Saturday against the persistent shortage of medicines despite the government's claims that it has resolved the problem.Protesters from all over the country marched from the Angel of Independence on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City's main avenue, to the Alameda Central park, under the slogan "Chemo, yes."(CAmera: AMERICA NERI)SHOT LIST: MARCH TO PROTEST THE LACK OF MEDICINES IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: MARCELA MARTINEZ (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS: I don't think there is a more just cause at this time than to defend the right for people with cancer and many other diseases to have their full medications on time. This is the most humane fight that Mexicans can have.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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