When 10-month-old Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian contracted polio in July, he became the Gaza Strip's first case of the disease in 25 years. It had previously been detected in water in the war-torn territory, raising the concerns of health services and aid agencies, who are now grappling with how to roll out a mass vaccination program in such a hostile environment.
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00:00Abdelrahman has been with him for two months, and he has lost his movement and can't walk or crawl.
00:07I took him to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and for a while, his vital signs remained the same.
00:14He is in a critical condition.
00:18He is in a critical condition.
00:21He is in a critical condition.
00:25I took him to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and for a while, his vital signs remained the same.
00:31In the first two weeks, they took him to Jordan to check on him.
00:38After two weeks of his condition, I was surprised that the ministry told me that Abdelrahman was the first case in the children's hospital.
00:54I was surprised that the ministry told me that Abdelrahman was the first case in the children's hospital.
01:02It was very difficult for us, and we were upset with Abdelrahman because he didn't have any treatment.
01:08Abdelrahman, because of the ongoing displacement from the beginning of the war, didn't get enough food and didn't get what he deserved.
01:15So, we were worried about him.
01:19I left him here.
01:30Abdelrahman's health is very bad.
01:33He lives in a tent, and the water is not clean, and the food is not clean, and his health is not clean.