A Palestinian human rights report said the Israeli prison administration started providing chemotherapy to a Palestinian prisoner suffering from cancer.
According to a statement issued by Ministry of Prisoners on Sunday, the Israeli prison doctors started giving chemotherapy to 64-year-old prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya, from al-Khalil and sentenced to life imprisonment, after he was diagnosed as suffering from laryngeal cancer.
The ministry has submitted ??an urgent appeal for the release of Abu Hamdiya for health reasons, and is still waiting for a response from the medical committee.
For his part; Dr. Attallah Abu Subbah Minister prisoners and ex-prisoners appealed to all free people of the world to immediately intervene to save the life of the captive Maysara, especially after the deterioration of his health.
The minister held in a press statement on Sunday the Israeli authorities fully responsible for the life of the prisoner, whose health condition has deteriorated as a result of the torture he was subjected to during his detention.
Captive Maysara has been detained since 2002 and the IPS has deliberately refused to give him the necessary treatment, which has aggravated his health condition.
The minister stressed the need for the immediate release of the patient captive so that he will be able to continue his treatment abroad, and asserted that the continuation of his detention will aggravate his serious illness.
The ministry's statement has also pointed out that doctors in the occupation jails have decided to amputate the left foot of diabetic prisoner Nahed Aqra. Nahed has signed the necessary papers for that, after all medical attempts to save his foot have failed.
