A Palestinian benefactor donated $10,000 to the dialysis department at the Hamshari Hospital in Sidon on Tuesday, after reading in newspapers about the department’s financial crisis following the US decision to close down charitable institutions linked to Hamas.
Ali Zaatari, a friend of benefactor Khalil Omar Mawaad, a Palestinian businessman living in Dubai, said his friend decided to make the decision once he saw the picture of Hanine Shehadeh who undergoes dialysis weekly, and could not afford the treatment if funding stops.
According to Zaatari, Mawaad asked the administration of the hospital to take
care of the patients, espec-
ially Shehadeh.
The hospital’s director, Khalil Farmawi, received the sum in cash from Zaatari. He said the sum donated would cover the cost of the patients’ treatment for 35 days.
Farmawi urged people to help the patients do so, to allow them to live decent lives. He said he hoped Arab and international organizations would visit the hospital to see the patients’ tragic situation firsthand.
The commander of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction in Lebanon, Sultan Abul-Ainayn, announced Tuesday that a shipment of drugs worth LL10 million was sent to the dialysis department.
The representative of the PLO, Saado Rabah, stressed that a distinction should be made between those accused of financing militancy and humanitarian charity organizations that provide assistance.
http://www.lebanonwire.com/0308/03082706DS.asp=================================================
Comment: this is a followup to the earlier story of the 61 Palestinians who faced death because of the bush regime's decree to stop funding for humanitarian work done by Hamas.
http://www.lebanonwire.com/0308/03082605DS.aspNote that the 35 days will be up soon. I would suggest sending contributions to Gush Shalom of Bet Salem since those have not had their assets seized yet.
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