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A report on the case of the child Muntadhar Jaber 

After receiving an appeal about the case of a 5-year-old child who was exposed to an accident (bitten by stray dogs) and the accident resulted in the child sustaining severe injuries (ruptured bladder, cut ureter, cut rectum, amputated leg) and other injuries, the child was in intensive care for two months, after leaving the hospital the child suffered from many health problems, the most important of which were (due to the cut urethra and the presence of large wounds in the bladder, which caused urine to leak from the wounds in the bladder, which led to his infection), we visited the child in the hospital to check on his condition, and the child was referred to the Al-Radwa Charity, and then we developed a treatment plan (with a group of specialist doctors inside Iraq) Al-Radwa Charity coordinated with a doctor in Karbala Governorate to examine the child and perform a colored x-ray of the bladder to determine the extent of the damage to the bladder, and then take the necessary action, the child was in Al-Kafeel Hospital for (5 days), the doctor decided to refer the child to a specialist doctor (urology), but the child suffered from a severe high temperature, which forced his mother Until her return to Babylon (and his admission to the hospital), during his hospitalization, the Prime Minister visited the hospital (accompanied by a number of Babylon dignitaries) and a donation was made to transport the child to a hospital in Turkey to follow up on his condition and perform the operations he needed (the donation was only the fees for the operations and necessary examinations for him). As for the housing and travel costs (issuing passports, visas, airline tickets, hotel accommodation expenses for companions) at the expense of the patient's family (the Al-Radwa Charitable Foundation donated an amount of ($3000), which was delivered to the mother in installments with her signature on a special receipt for each amount she received, which was disbursed as follows: -

- A receipt for an amount of ($221.37) was disbursed as fees for issuing 2 passports (the child's mother + the child), the Bint Al-Rafidain Organization donated an amount of ($100).

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- A receipt was received for the sum of ($900) which was spent on the round-trip visa fees to Turkey for two people (the child’s mother + one of their relatives). She requested that he accompany them during the trip because she cannot read or write, firstly, and secondly, she needs him to help her during the waiting period.

- A receipt of ($2000) was spent by the mother on ($60 per night for hotel accommodation) and expenses (food and transportation fees (sometimes they need to buy medicine and donate blood, which requires going to another area far from the hospital and their accommodation, in addition to the fact that their accompanying relatives were staying in a hotel a distance from the hospital and needed transportation fees from the hotel to the hospital daily).

- Note: The child's mother does not read or write (therefore she cannot understand the importance of keeping receipts, despite our emphasis on it more than once), so she signed a receipt for each amount she received. As soon as the child arrived at the hospital, he underwent several tests. The first operation was performed, which was a urethral ligation operation. He needs to remain under follow-up after the operation for a period ranging from 3 to 4 weeks, to ensure the mechanism of urination. If it is normal, the plastic tube and urine bag are removed and the opening near the bladder is closed. However, if it is abnormal, there are a set of procedures determined by the doctor at the time, noting that the child needs another operation after a year for the pelvic muscle (Currently, his health condition cannot tolerate the operation, as his first operation was difficult and lasted about 9 hours), after the child returned to Iraq, the child's condition did not improve and he began to show signs of inflammation and was unable to control his urination (the child's mother contacted the hospital via video call, and the doctor asked him to return to Turkey, to find out the cause of the problems), and this requires providing funds (air ticket and housing).

Family Protection and Development Unit Bint Al-Rafidain Organization