Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for medical treatment https://t.co/YPYxtDJRoi ...

What kind of medical conditions are you preparing for. So we we always prepare for everything for every scenario and really we want to be prepared for the worst and and hope for the best. But uh the main issues that we're preparing to is of course malnutrition.Are they going to be arriving here sort of on the brink of life and death or what's your expectation. First of all, we don't know. But we really hope not.I'll tell you what, we're a very experienced hospital. We think every medical situation can be ma ...

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