Some nine people of the wounded revolutionaries who have been protesting in front of Yemen’s council of ministers for weeks will head for treatment in Germany and Cuba on Monday, the ministerial committee on counting and providing care to the uprising wounded said on Sunday.
The nine have received their tickets and travel expenses, days after the government transferred about 240.000 Euros in advance payments of their treatment in the two countries, said Jawhara Hamoud, deputy chair of the committee.
Tens of wounded revolutionaries started weeks ago a protest at the cabinet against the slow response to their demands including the implementation of a court decision asking the government to send the most seriously wounded, about ten, to Germany and Cuba.
“We are now working on the necessary measures to provide medical care to the wounded at transit airports before they arrive at the hospitals where they will be treated,” she said.
In the meantime, arrangements have got underway to send 20 more wounded revolutionaries to China and India, about 10 others to Czech and others to Egypt and Jordan, a report by the committee said, pointing out that arrangements with hospitals to receive them are OK.
“The arrangement process to send more wounded abroad is going ahead perfectly and will be completed very soon,” the report said.
At its meeting presided over by its chair--health minister, Ahmed Al-Ansi, the committee discussed the examination reports of revolutionaries with a focus on urgent measures to send the most seriously wounded first and to avoid double visits of wounded.
“Only those have never been abroad for treatment before will travel and priority will be given according to their examination reports,” the committee said, urging to set up a database for the Yemeni wounded revolutionaries to help them as soon as possible.
More than 270 antigovernment protesters were killed from February through December in 2011 after mass demonstrations swept Yemeni cities as part of the Arab Spring.
There were about 11000 wounded revolutionaries, some of whom were transported for treatment abroad last year.