Palestinian prisoner loses sense of hearing, vomits blood

Ratib Al-Deek, a Palestinian prisoner from Salfit province, has lost his sense of hearing and was vomiting blood after taking Israeli-prescribed medication, the Palestinian prisoner’s association said on Wednesday.

The association said in a press release, quoting family of the prisoner, that Deek complained of pain in his ear and the Israeli doctor in the Megiddo clinic gave him ear drops after which he lost his sense of hearing.

It said that the prisoner was taken out of his prison cell with both his hand and feet handcuffed to see his relatives, who saw him in a very bad health and psychological condition.

Deek told his relatives that he was also having very poor eyesight after the prison doctor gave him eye drops when he complained of pain in his eyes. He added that he also suffered acute stomach ache after that medicine and was constantly vomiting blood since taking it.

The association quoted the family as appealing to human rights groups to urgently intervene to save their son and to treat his diseases.