| 03 April 2012 | 3 Comments
 
 

The ambassador of Qatar in Tunis, Naceur Al Hamid met with the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Samir Dilou yesterday and announced that Qatar will cover the medical charges of 20 people wounded during the Tunisian Revolution.

The Qatari ambassador said that seven of the wounded will be transported to Qatar next week to receive medical treatment. He added that Qatar will cover their hospitalization and travel expenses and that the remaining cases will benefit from the same offer once their medical files are completed, reported the Tunisian News Agency TAP.

Lamia Farhani, chairwoman of the Association of the Families of the Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution, deplored Tunisia’s inability to take care of its own wounded. “Tunisia should treat its wounded as a priority rather than ending up accepting Qatar’s offer of treating them. They are going to a country that shelters Sakher El Materi, Ben Ali’s son-in-law,” declared Farhani.

Farhani blamed the state’s slow pace in settling the cases of the wounded of the revolution for the deterioration of their health. She asserted that different measures need to be taken by the Tunisian government. “They should get a wounded of the revolution card that enables them to get free medical care and transportation, sparing them from going through endless administrative procedures,” said Farhani.

Farhani explained that the majority of the patients being sent abroad still have bullets that have yet to be removed from their bodies. “The medical situation of some of them is really critical. They have serious bedsores. I am afraid that some of them have deluded themselves by believing that they can get back to the way they were if they were to get treated abroad,” declared the chairwoman of the Association of the Families of the Martyrs and Wounded the Revolution.

According to Farhani, political parties failed to prioritize the wounded of the revolution’s case. “If they try to do that they will be accused of trying to politicize the issue and win the public’s sympathy for the upcoming elections,” said Farhani.


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    20 January 2013 at 02:57

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  2. Nasri says:
    03 April 2012 at 18:44

    “They are going to a country that shelters Sakher El Materi, Ben Ali’s son-in-law,” I failed to grasp how can this interfere with the treatment of our wounded people? What is the more pressing priority: to get the criminal in or to get the bullets out of the bodies of our suffering people?

    I think we have to let aside our resentment, as bitter as it would be, for the sake of those whose lives are shattered for the only sake of our dignity.

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  3. Greta says:
    03 April 2012 at 17:31

    This is terrible, people come from all over to be treated by Tunisian doctors. Why can’t they be treated at home near their families?

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