Director of Kuwait Hospital: 30% of Children with Leukemia Die due to Closing Sana’a Airport

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Director General of Kuwait Hospital, Dr. Ameen Al-Junaid, stated that Kuwait’s Leukemia Pediatric Center is the only center that treats hundreds of patients with leukemia, pointing out that 30% of children with leukemia who could have been transferred to specialized centers outside the country died as a result of the closure of Sana’a Airport.

Al-Junaid told Almasirah that the siege of the aggression alliance greatly affected the treatment of children with cancer, and there are dozens of deaths among them as a result of the lack of medicines and capabilities, adding, “we cannot reach Chemical drugs and deliver them to these patients. The aggression prevented other drugs, radiological devices and supplies that patients need.”

For her part, the deputy director of the Center for Children Leukemia Dr. Naseem al-Absi said to Almasirah that leukemia has spread recently terribly and the center receives 6 new cases per month.

“Cases of pediatric leukemia need special care and the patient needs three years of treatment and diagnostic sessions in light of the great difficulties we face,” she said, noting that they have 700 registered cases in the center that lacks drugs and they need full health care while it is not able to purchase expensive drugs.

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