Cancer-stricken inmate’s health deteriorating, Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) says the health condition of the cancer-stricken prisoner Musa Sufan has been rapidly deteriorating due to negligence by Israeli authorities of his situation.

The PPS said Sufan was wrestling with death as the Israeli prison service (IPS) continues to refuse to provide him with necessary medical care.

Sufan, who is diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in the lung, was supposed to complete his biologic treatment by the end of 2022, but Israeli authorities have denied him the necessary treatment, the PPS said. Sufan suffers from severe cough as he is only getting painkillers which negatively affected his body, it said.

Sufan has been detained since 2003. He is serving a life sentence. He had been placed in solitary confinement several times and had been on hunger strike in protest at the Israeli policy of medical neglect.

Sufan's family has appealed to all concerned international bodies to take urgent and effective action to save his life.

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