I agree Faye, according to the report, the parents were on a work permit
and that means they must have been paying National Insurance contributions.
It is therefore unfair that they can't get what they have been paying for
all these years.
Thanks
Daffeh
On Tuesday, 26 March 2013, Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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, attack
>> > 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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