Friday 20 February 2009

Long road to rehabilitation for Gaza's amputees

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Rami Almeghari writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 20 February 2009



Abdel Naser Zemo with his wife, Suheir, in her room a the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. (Matthew Cassel)


"As the only facility of its kind in Gaza, al-Wafa is set to receive more people who have lost limbs to begin a rehabilitation process that can take weeks, months and even years. Patients receive physical, functional, psychological and clinical support, and may receive cosmetic or other surgery to prepare them to use prosthetics. "
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