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Two weeks ago, 10-year-old Sara was sitting up in her bed at a hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen.
Some of the other children in the ward had their moms or other family members by their side.
But Sara was all alone.
She was recovering from a rare bacterial infection, called diphtheria, which had paralyzed part of her body. A small hole sliced into her throat was helping her breathe.
"As if that wasn't enough ... she was hearing the shelling going on [outside the hospital]," UNICEF's regional director Geert Cappelaere said at a press conference. "Just imagine what this little girl was thinking."
Some of the other children in the ward had their moms or other family members by their side.
But Sara was all alone.
She was recovering from a rare bacterial infection, called diphtheria, which had paralyzed part of her body. A small hole sliced into her throat was helping her breathe.
"As if that wasn't enough ... she was hearing the shelling going on [outside the hospital]," UNICEF's regional director Geert Cappelaere said at a press conference. "Just imagine what this little girl was thinking."
Why A 'War On Children' Could Get Worse
Posted from npr.org
Children
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Medical
Posted 6 y ago
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