Hostages returned to Israel alive face plenty of well being challenges that might even be life-threatening, a professor has warned.
Professor Noa Eliakim-Raz, head of returning hostages at Rabin Medical Heart in Petah Tikva, Israel, mentioned returned hostages might have misplaced “their ability to make decisions”.
On Monday, Hamas handed over all 20 surviving hostages, held in Gaza, in alternate for round 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
However Professor Eliakim-Raz warned they face well being issues that medics are treating.
‘It might even be life-threatening’
“There are electrolytes changes and shifts in fluids in the body when you reintroduce food quickly. It’s related to insulin secretion which can be dangerous. There are a spectrum of clinical syndromes but it can even be life-threatening if you don’t do it very carefully.”
She added that, regardless of the potential points, the hostages had to this point arrived in good spirits.
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Professor Eliakim-Raz mentioned some well being challenges may very well be life-threatening
‘In captivity you lose the power to make selections’
Professor Eliakim-Raz added: “When you are in captivity you lose the ability to make decisions and we try to give them back their identity.
“I completely really feel it is a life-changing expertise for me, I really feel it has modified the way in which I take a look at quite simple issues in life and the way I recognize easy issues in life.
“These people are coming from a place that tried to erase their identity, to erase humanity, very basic things that we feel as human beings.
“They got here to the ward smiling, they know present appreciation, they present friendship, and that is all the time wonderful.
‘Some have social points’
“I think as a medical profession we are obliged to give medical assistance and humanitarian terms to everyone. That’s what we do and we swore to do. That’s what I think should happen everywhere.”
She added: “It’s very different, one from the other. It depends if you were in captivity alone or in a group. If you were underground or not, how much food you got and not only how much, but how diverse it was.
“Some have extra bodily points, some have social points.”
