Daffeh..
I Understand the rules as it is every where in the so-called first
world..But let sanika have a decent life in future...Remember her parents
worked and paid their taxes to the system..So i will put this blame on
David Cameron's right wing policies and not lack of citizenship for this
family in UK..
Respect
Niamorkono.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:48 AM, UDP United Kingdom
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Faye, been born in the UK does not necessarily make the baby a UK citizen.
> My understanding is that at least one of her parent must be a UK citizen
> for her to be considered British at this stage and going by the report, it
> doesn't look like any of her parents is British.
>
> The decision to deny her NHS treatment doesn't seem to be right though.
>
> Thanks
> Daffeh
>
>
> On Moday, 25 March 2013, Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I agree Hous and Sanika is a UK citizen since she was born
> there...Double standard in my book refusing Sanika her treatment..
> > Niamorkono.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:21 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > If that girl called Malala could be flown out of her country to UK for
> treatment , why not this poor baby? Double standard isn't it ?
> > hous
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > To: GAMBIA-L
> > Sent: Mon, Mar 25, 2013 8:15 am
> > Subject: [G_L] Immigrant baby in Britain refused operation to prevent
> paralysis
> >
> > Immigrant baby in Britain refused operation to prevent paralysis
> >
> > By Joan Smith
> > 25 March 2013
> >
> > Eight-month-old Sanika Ahmed from Portsmouth, England has been denied
> National Health Service (NHS) treatment because of her parents’ immigrant
> status. Sanika has Erb’s Palsy, also known as Brachial Plexus Paralysis,
> which is a condition mainly caused by trauma during birth. It can affect
> all five primary nerves that supply movement and feeling to the arms and
> can lead to partial or complete paralysis.
> >
> > Early intervention is crucial, as treatment in the first year can have a
> significant impact on recovery. Sanika’s parents have been told that if she
> does not receive treatment before the age of nine months, she will be
> permanently paralysed in her arm.
> >
> > Sanika was born at the Queen Alexandra hospital in Portsmouth and
> referred to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Middlesex in
> July and October 2012 for an operation to restore movement in her arm. She
> was receiving physiotherapy in the meantime.
> >
> > The Ahmeds were contacted last November and asked for proof they were
> entitled to treatment by the National Health Service. Muhammad Ahmed had
> been working legally in the UK since July 2008 on a work permit, but the
> hospital withdrew all treatment after it discovered the permit had expired
> in August 2009. Sanika’s parents have applied to stay permanently in
> Britain, but with the hearing not set until next month, it will be too late
> to save Sanika from being permanently paralysed.
> >
> > The RNOH claims, “In February 2013, we received a letter from Mr.
> Ahmed’s legal representatives regarding this matter and we replied offering
> to treat Sanika as a private patient. We received no reply to this offer.”
> >
> > Private treatment for Erb’s Palsy runs into the tens of thousands of
> pounds, so none but the rich could afford such treatment.
> >
> > Sanika’s mother, Syeda, commented, “I was shocked and I was crying when
> I was told because they had already begun treating my baby and suddenly it
> stopped. I can’t believe they have denied the treatment for my baby. An
> operation has to be done now before it is too late.
> >
> > “We have been given advice from a Bangladeshi specialist and from a
> specialist here [in the UK], and they all say that if Sanika does not have
> an operation in the next month, she will be paralysed for life in her arm.
> >
> > “Sanika is slowly, slowly getting paralysed and it is very upsetting for
> all our family. It is not easy to look after Sanika and I have to watch her
> all the time because if she falls she cannot get up by herself.
> >
> > “Sanika cannot sit properly because she cannot balance. One person has
> to be with her almost all of the time. It is very difficult,” Syeda
> concluded.
> >
> > The family’s solicitor, Patrick Oliver, stated, “Our immediate concern
> is to challenge the decision to refuse medical treatment because time is
> running out for Sanika … Sanika was born in the UK, yet she is a victim of
> injustice and unfairness. She is not a ‘health tourist’ and treatment that
> has already started in the UK should continue in the UK.”
> >
> > This was in reference to the government’s recent crackdown on the rights
> of immigrants to access the NHS and the divisive campaign to label them as
> “health tourists,” despite them working and living in the UK. Such language
> by the government and media is used to scapegoat some of the most
> vulnerable sections of society for the NHS crisis—one imposed by the ruling
> elite through draconian cuts to funding, attacks on health workers’ jobs,
> terms and conditions, and privatisation.
> >
> > If it suits the interests of the British ruling elite, the government
> and media will not hesitate to cynically preach the virtues of human rights
> when similar incidents occur in other countries. And the resources can be
> found when it suits the government’s propaganda war.
> >
> > Take the case of 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who
> was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in October 2012 for campaigning for the
> right of girls to education. The British government launched a media blitz,
> flying her to the UK, where she underwent hours of surgery at a top NHS
> hospital to repair the damage caused by a bullet t
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