Reporting by Faris Rifai
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Illness did not have mercy on her young years, Lenur al-Shareef was born with cancer and after she overcame the illness, her bladder nerve was damaged due to a medical mistake in one of the hospitals in Damascus. She lived for 10 years on urinary catheter to protect her kidneys from kidney failure.
Despite her father’s appeals to the German embassy in Beirut to speed up family reunification process to save his daughter, he did not succeed. Their response, as he told Zaman al-Wasl, was the case is not an emergency.`
Her father, who lives in Germany, added his Lenur might lost one of her kidneys which only function in 15-20% because of this bureaucracy and the state of the second kidney is worsened and its function receded to 80%.
When Lenur was 2 years old, a mass appeared in her pelvic area and the tests showed its cancerous. She has an operation to remove the mass in al-Abaseen Hospital in Damascus, but medical negligence during the operation led to bladder nerve damage and cut. Since then, Lenur lives on urinary catheter which is emptied by her parents every four hours to protect her kidneys.
Due to war, her father sought asylum to Germany to save his family from destruction and to secure treatment for his daughter away from medical deterioration and traders called doctors, according to him.
He added that he sent a file regarding Lenur situation to speed up process for her reunion to get treatment as soon as possible, but they refused, as he confirmed. Lenur might lose one of her kidneys due to this bureaucracy.
He said he contacted the embassy via a German lawyer showing all reports necessary for his child’s case and also had Caritas and ICRC mediate to speed up the process. However, the embassy said the case is not urgent and the child can be treated in Beirut knowing treatment in Beirut is far costlier than Europe. In addition, he does not have the money to pay for her treatment in Beirut. A visit to the doctor costs 100000 SP and checkup costs 5000 SP.
Her father questioned, “if my child’s case does not require to speed up process and she is losing one of her kidneys, so who does in the perspective of the embassy?”
He indicated that he tried all ways possible to secure treatment for Lenur before he travelled to Europe through sea, but without any use. He confirmed UNHCR informed him they cannot help her with treatment and they only offered food baskets for the family.
Lenur, 11 years old, lives with her mother and two sibling in Damascus waiting a compassionate hand to be stretched for her to secure her travel to Germany to receive treatment.
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Illness did not have mercy on her young years, Lenur al-Shareef was born with cancer and after she overcame the illness, her bladder nerve was damaged due to a medical mistake in one of the hospitals in Damascus. She lived for 10 years on urinary catheter to protect her kidneys from kidney failure.
Despite her father’s appeals to the German embassy in Beirut to speed up family reunification process to save his daughter, he did not succeed. Their response, as he told Zaman al-Wasl, was the case is not an emergency.`
Her father, who lives in Germany, added his Lenur might lost one of her kidneys which only function in 15-20% because of this bureaucracy and the state of the second kidney is worsened and its function receded to 80%.
When Lenur was 2 years old, a mass appeared in her pelvic area and the tests showed its cancerous. She has an operation to remove the mass in al-Abaseen Hospital in Damascus, but medical negligence during the operation led to bladder nerve damage and cut. Since then, Lenur lives on urinary catheter which is emptied by her parents every four hours to protect her kidneys.
Due to war, her father sought asylum to Germany to save his family from destruction and to secure treatment for his daughter away from medical deterioration and traders called doctors, according to him.
He added that he sent a file regarding Lenur situation to speed up process for her reunion to get treatment as soon as possible, but they refused, as he confirmed. Lenur might lose one of her kidneys due to this bureaucracy.
He said he contacted the embassy via a German lawyer showing all reports necessary for his child’s case and also had Caritas and ICRC mediate to speed up the process. However, the embassy said the case is not urgent and the child can be treated in Beirut knowing treatment in Beirut is far costlier than Europe. In addition, he does not have the money to pay for her treatment in Beirut. A visit to the doctor costs 100000 SP and checkup costs 5000 SP.
Her father questioned, “if my child’s case does not require to speed up process and she is losing one of her kidneys, so who does in the perspective of the embassy?”
He indicated that he tried all ways possible to secure treatment for Lenur before he travelled to Europe through sea, but without any use. He confirmed UNHCR informed him they cannot help her with treatment and they only offered food baskets for the family.
Lenur, 11 years old, lives with her mother and two sibling in Damascus waiting a compassionate hand to be stretched for her to secure her travel to Germany to receive treatment.
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