Last
night, in the Palestinian village of Beitin near Ramallah, a
Palestinian baby started to choke in her home. The mother brought the
baby to an IDF checkpoint, where a IDF doctor saved the baby’s life.
Last
night, a tragedy nearly happened to a Palestinian family from the
village of Beitin--their youngest daughter, a month-old baby, began to
choke while playing with her sister. Her troubled mother ran to the checkpoint seeking
help, and an IDF officer from the division noticed the panicking mother
with the choking infant in her arms. The officer immediatly called the
nearest IDF doctor. Within a few minutes, Sec. Lt. Ben Tzanani and his
team were at the scene and saved the baby’s life.
“I got a phone call about a baby choking, and so I called up my medical team,
and my commandor gave me a ride,” said sec. Lt. Tzanani. “Me and my
medical team were first on the scene. I asked the family to bring the
baby to our ambulance and I started to check her vitels."
“I
think it took about 5-7 minutes from the time the officer spotted them
until we came,” recalled Sec. Lt. Tzanani. “Later on the ‘Red crescent’
(Palestinian ambulance) came and helped us,
and also brigade’s doctor came to continue the examination. He saw the
baby was recovering and that there was no need to evacuate her into
Israel. So we handed her over to the Red Crescent ambulance, which took
the baby to a hospital in Ramallah.”
The
doctor continued: “The division head quarters recieved many phone calls
from the villagers of Beitin, who expressed their gratitude. In medical issues
there is no difference between Palestinians and Jews. A month-old baby
is a human being, and so we are obligated to save her life. There were
many incidents when young Palestinians who were hurling rocks or
shooting at soldiers received medical care from us. Nevertheless, this
was my first incident with a baby,” concluded Sec. Lt. Tzanani.
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