Devastating setback for evacuated Gaza teen after surgery

The ongoing Israel-Hamas war broke out 12 days before the girl was to receive treatment in Jerusalem.

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Lamis Abusalim has severe scoliosis that, if left untreated, could compress her lungs and eventually kill her. Before her surgery she spent most of the time on her back, because when she sat up, she struggled for air.

But during an operation to correct her condition on 4 October, her heart stopped three times, her mother said. Doctors told the family the girl had suffered some brain damage.

It is a devastating setback for Lamis and her family, who had spent months trying to escape the war in Gaza to get medical help. Their story was mentioned in BBC coverage of a wider evacuation in July.

Lamis had been due to undergo treatment in Jerusalem last October following three unsuccessful operations in Gaza.

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