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?t=thumbnail_570NAHARIYA, Israel
The hospital clown had seen and heard enough. After making the rounds of childrens wards for months in Western Galilee Medical Center in northern Israel, he had met many injured and sick children some with terminal diseases, others with severe, life-threatening injuries. His job was to bring out a smile. But after he met one 9-year-old Syrian boy, the clown briefly considered hanging up his hat for the last time.
The boy arrived severely injured and in complete shock, said Sara Paperin of the International Affairs department of the hospital. He kept describing over and over again how he had seen his brother decapitated in front of his eyes, she recalled, saying the boy was devastated at the thought that he had lost all of his family.
After meeting the youngster, the hospital clown called me and said, I just cant do this anymore."
Over the last year, the hospital has treated 230 injured Syrians, more than 40% of them women and children, and as the months go by, the stream of patients with critical injuries is only increasing.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/israel-hospital-syria-children-care.html#ixzz2vtBczIoo
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Israeli hospital cares for Syrian children (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Mar 2014
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azurnoir
(45,850 posts)1. How wonderful of Israel :)
Violet_Crumble
(35,977 posts)2. That hospital's doing great work...
It's really sad though that the numbers of Syrian children being treated for critical injuries is rising and not falling.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. They are..it's a horrific situation, ghastly. n/t