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It has been five days surrounded with water
His feet are swollen
His name is Nabil
- You know I wanted to ask you about Alghantawi family, I heard that the whole family…
- This is Nabil Alghantawi
- The Nobles of Alawites, aren't they?
- Yes… they are nobles
- Can you expose your tummy please
[Doctor]: You can see the bruises on his feet.
And there’s a swelling
[Doctor]: And there’s a possibility that his metatarsus is broken.
- What do you think caused that?
[Doctor]: The bruises and the broken metatarsus
were probably caused by debris falling during the shelling
Causing also some skin abrasions as you can see
It seems that during his hiding a piece of debris fell on his lower limbs
causing these obvious swellings
The hematomas point out to broken metatarsus.
- Doctor what are these?
[Doctor]: Here too you can see some skin scrapes [on the face]
- Because the house was completely burned
I found him in the shelter with 5 bodies at the burnt house.
- He was sitting on top of the corpses for 5 days
The floor was filled with water from the broken water reservoirs
[Doctor]: The scrapes on his face are probably because
of his sleeping on damp bodies and debris
The scrapes will get better in a matter of days
but the broken bones in his feet will need an x-ray
The boy can’t walk at all
He tried yesterday but he can’t stand up
[Doctor]: Yes, it’s highly probable that he has broken bones in his metatarsus
Dad and Mom, where are they? They left to Saudi Arabia, right?
[Doctor]: In addition to that, the boy is not communicating well with us as you can see
He probably has a psychological trauma because of what had happened and what he saw.
- What’s your name dear? - Nabil.
- What’s your dad’s name? - My dad’s name is Abdel Nasser.
- Where did your father go? - To Saudi Arabia.
- And your brothers? - They also went with him, along with my mom.
[Doctor]: Did not he see anything?
- Where is your mom? - In Saudi Arabia.
- In Saudi Arabia?, All of them? - All of them in Saudi Arabia