Palestinian leading negotiator Saeb Erekat, one of the most visual Palestinian leaders in decades, is now connected to a respirator and medical coma through his COVID infection.
Your hospital says yours is, quote, “defined as critical. “
Erekat ran to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem on Sunday from his home in the occupied West Bank and contracted coronavirus on October 8.
The 65-year-old man is vulnerable to the disease because he underwent a lung transplant in the United States in 2017, which inhibited his immune system.
Hadassah spokeswoman Hadar Elboim also said Erekat is also being treated for a bacterial infection.
Erekat is a senior adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
A proponent of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Erekat was a leading Palestinian voice in opposing Israel’s policy of building on the territory that captured the 1967 Middle East war.
– Palestinian leading negotiator Saeb Erekat, one of the most visual Palestinian leaders in decades, is now connected to a respirator and is in a medically induced coma through his COVID infection. His hospital says his condition is, he quotes, “defined as critical. “
Erekat Hart was transported to Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem on Sunday from his home in the occupied West Bank. He contracted the coronavirus on October 8. The 65-year-old is believed to be vulnerable to the disease, as he underwent a lung transplant in the United States in 2017, which inhibited his immune system. Hadassah spokeswoman Hadar Elboim also said Erekat is being treated for a bacterial infection.
Erekat is a senior adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. An advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Erekat was a leading Palestinian voice in opposition to Israel’s policy of agreements on the territory that captured the 1967 Middle East war.