The anti-human siege on Camp Liberty takes on added dimensions with every
passing day and Iraqi officers have ramped up their hampering in the transfer
of patients.
On Tuesday, November 11, the Iraqi officers prevented three female patients
from going to the hospital for their medical appointments. These officers also
prevented the interpreters of two cancer patients from accompanying them. This
compelled the patients to go to the hospital without an interpreter that caused
them many problems.
On Wednesday, November 12, the Iraqi officers prevented two female patients
from going to the hospital on the pretext that patients may only go to one
hospital. These two patients had eye surgeries. This is the second time this
week that the appointment for surgery of one of these patients is being
cancelled and the Iraqi officers bar her from going to the hospital.
On this same day, the Iraqi officers also prevented the interpreters for
three patients from going along, forcing the patients to go to the hospital
without an interpreter.
Previously, in the period of November 3-8, the Iraqi forces also prevented
the transfer of patients to the hospital upon fictitious pretenses. As a
result, dozens of residents’ medical appointments that had been obtained with
great difficulty were cancelled.
These restrictions are being imposed at a time that 53 patients suffering
from eye diseases are waiting for surgeries but have not been transferred to
the hospital due to the hampering of the Iraqi forces.
The Iranian Resistance warns about abovementioned measures and in view of
the commitment of the U.S. government and the United Nations with regard to the
security and well-being of Camp Liberty residents, calls for an urgent
intervention by the U.S. and UN to end these suppressive measures and to
completely annul this criminal siege and to secure the free access of residents
to medical services.
Mohammad EGHBAL
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