Free artificial limbs for 5 victims of terrorism

CAIRO – 22 May 2018: Five civilian children, who were wounded during terrorist attacks in North Sinai, are preparing to receive artificial limbs, Sana Jilbaneh, director of the Committee on Motherhood, Childhood and Child Protection in North Sinai, said on Monday.

Jilbaneh added that those children will be treated in the latest and most important medical centers of the Armed Forces next week. They will be treated for free, including travel and subsistence.

Jilbaneh clarified that installing the artificial limbs will take place at Al-Agouza Armed Forces Center, which will provide buses to transfer the children to the hospital.

She also confirmed that the Committee on Motherhood and Childhood in Sinai is ready to receive any cases at any time.

Meanwhile, Abdel Monem al-Shrief, an official in North Sinai, said that artificial limbs were also installed for another 11 cases.

He pointed out that all these cases are subject to the law, which provides assistance for the victims and those injured by the terrorists operations in North Sinai.

According to the law, injured people receive LE 5,000 for each case from the Ministry of Social Solidarity and LE 700-1,500 as a monthly pension depending on the injury.

On May 2, Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali announced that the ministry approved paying monthly pensions to more than 1,500 people, including martyrs and wounded people who were injured by terrorism and extremism in Sinai.

On April 24, Egyptian military spokesperson Tamer Refaei said that the Army provides food, medicine and essential products to civilians in North Sinai, adding that the Armed Forces coordinate with the government apparatuses to be well-prepared for any emergencies.