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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 10:52 04/04/2007 IDF soldier with cancer denied medical treatment, sent to jail By Haaretz Service An Israel Defense Forces soldier suffering from testicular cancer was denied medical treatment and was sent to a military prison before finally being admitted to hospital, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. The soldier, who is now undergoing radiology treatment for his illness, suffered severe pain during his basic training but was repeatedly refused thorough medical examinations by his superiors and by army doctors. The soldier sought help from the boot camp doctor after his testicles had become swollen and he suffered from acute pain. The doctor, however, sent him back to serve, telling him he was entirely fit and that he might suffer from a reaction to bad food he may have eaten. The soldier was not even offered a physiological examination by the doctor. Advertisement The affair took a radical turn three months into his basic training, after the soldier's commander refused to release him to a scheduled doctor's appointment. According to the radio, the officer yelled at the soldier to return back to his company in ten seconds, but he refused to leave the office. The soldier insisted on remaining in the office after his superior imposed yet harsher penalties on him, telling him he would not be allowed to complete his basic training. In his despair, the soldier left his superior's office indignant only to return with his rifle several minutes later, threatening the officer with the weapon in order to be allowed to undergo thorough medical checkups. At the trial, the soldier's attorney did not bring the fact that his client's behavior stemmed from his deteriorated health and the pain he was in to the court's attention. The court sentenced the soldier to ten months in an army prison, where the jail doctor declared him fit to serve his term. In prison, the soldier's condition continued to worsen. The much longed-for help finally came after another doctor in prison referred the soldier to ultrasound examinations at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, diagnosing him with hydrocele. At the hospital, doctors immediately identified a malignant tumor in his testicles and sent him for a partial orchiectomy. Being still a prisoner, the army assigned a watch on the soldier's hospital room during his treatment, and he is still under watch. The soldier's mother told Israel Radio that she was "shocked, how a soldier is sent to prison and a doctor examines him and declares him fit to serve his term." "He told me he was in pain, but what can I, his mother, do in the face of the military establishment?" she said. The IDF said in response that the soldier had not complained of pain or swollen testicles, and that he was sentenced to ten months for illegal use of his weapon. Once his condition became clear, the army said, a recommendation was issued beyond the letter of the law to shorten his jail term Bookmark to del.icio.us The IDF's dilemna To what extent should the IDF subdue its West Bank and Gaza actions in coming days? Not one inch Hamas says they will reject any deals made by Abbas in Annapolis.   1.   SHAMEFULL! 10:41  |  Miriam 04/04/07   2.   yet the harideem dont have to serve 10:50  |  SJ 04/04/07   3.   Soldier with Cancer denied medical treatment,sent to jail 11:30  |  ROXY 04/04/07   4.   They will argue: You can defend Israel without your testicles. 11:32  |  christoph 04/04/07   5.   cancer sufferer 11:56  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 04/04/07   6.   IDF SOLDIER 11:59  |  PARIS 04/04/07   7.   Worrying... 12:00  |  Elena Gordon 04/04/07   8.   If this is true... 12:01  |  Mark 04/04/07   9.   Get that boot camp doctor out of there! 12:06  |  Suzanne 04/04/07   10.   #2 SJ & "GIUS L`KULAM" 12:10  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/04/07   11.   To SJ 12:34  |  dan 04/04/07   12.   I am not surprised 12:44  |  Eugene 04/04/07   13.   IDF soldier with cancer denied medical treatment, sent to jail 12:49  |  simon 04/04/07   14.   Systemic failure 12:56  |  Lt.Col. Dr. 04/04/07   15.   This requires... 13:10  |  Duh 04/04/07   16.   Shameful Israeli`s 13:18  |  Fussion 04/04/07   17.   GUILTY 13:44  |  Ethan 04/04/07   18.   Had he been a pal,Israeli doctors would have treated him immediat 13:45  |  Absolute Sweden 04/04/07   19.   sick soldiers 13:50  |  Birdi 04/04/07   20.   IDF Health Care System 13:59  |  Eric 04/04/07   21.   To Absolute Sweden 14:00  |  Paleisraeli 04/04/07   22.   A wish for full recovery, and a question... 14:04  |  Eric 04/04/07   23.   IDF SOLDIER 14:17  |  GILBERTO MILANO 04/04/07   24.   ABSOLUTE DISGRACE 14:19  |  Dezon 04/04/07   25.   SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME 14:22  |  zaq 04/04/07   26.   LIke the IDF Cares? 14:34  |  Mark 04/04/07   27.   It will never happen 14:42  |  Stefan 04/04/07   28.   Good luck, soldier! 14:50  |  Spoon 04/04/07   29.   Ale Brider, not anymore!! 15:12  |  dzone 04/04/07   30.   Sick society! 15:50  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/07   31.   Disgustiong behavior of the Army 15:55  |  Dov 04/04/07   32.   The IDF is real garbage sometimes 15:59  |  Dror 04/04/07   33.   This is absurd! 16:02  |  C. Schultz 04/04/07   34.   The doctor and the officer should be removed 16:03  |  Dror 04/04/07   35.   LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK AFTER ISRAEL 16:04  |  Jared 04/04/07   36.   A poor solieder 16:05  |  Raheem 04/04/07   37.   to dan #11 please explain the tal law 16:17  |  SJ 04/04/07   38.   DISGUSTING TREATMENT OF IDF SOLDIER 16:25  |  Rich 04/04/07   39.   Kafka!!! where are you? 16:31  |  Benlolo 04/04/07   40.   Lack of Mercy 16:44  |  Vicky 04/04/07   41.   #30 Maureen Ann, the British official`s relative 17:09  |  Yonatan 04/04/07   42.   Raheem, crying crocodile tears for Israeli soldiers 17:34  |  Jake 04/04/07   43.   Maureen Ann You`re truly amazing 17:36  |  *BEN JABO 04/04/07   44.   flying on one engine 17:37  |  ROB OF MELBOURNE AUS 04/04/07   45.   Dror the fundamentalist 17:37  |  Jake 04/04/07   46.   Broken promises 17:40  |  jacob 04/04/07   47.   Gillberto Milano - Italy 17:41  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   48.   Maureen Ann - Never did see your 17:44  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   49.   C. Schultz - Wisc. 17:50  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   50.   #26 Mark - Modin 17:53  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   51.   #49...*BEN JABO 18:01  |  Nemesis 04/04/07   52.   TOO SAD - those responsible should be punished 18:43  |  david 04/04/07   53.   This is despicable....... 18:57  |  T A Sheppard 04/04/07   54.   Shameful 19:00  |  Connie 04/04/07   55.   #33: this is absurd 19:00  |  zvi 04/04/07   56.   Maureen Ann 19:02  |  Connie 04/04/07   57.   poor guy-got the same kind of bosses as me 19:03  |  yahn goodey 04/04/07   58.   re #42 `Raheem, crying crocodile tears for Israeli soldiers` 19:15  |  Colin Wright 04/04/07   59.   #51 Nemesis - They could have sent to a shrink 19:19  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   60.   T.A. It`s apparent you haven`t servied 19:23  |  * BEN JABO 04/04/07   61.   Remove the most stupids at once! 19:30  |  Citizen 04/04/07   62.   to no. 25 20:01  |  Gavriela 04/04/07   63.   If this is true 20:02  |  Franky 04/04/07   64.   Remove the most stupids at one 20:03  |  Franky 04/04/07   65.   IDF Medical care 20:20  |  RK 04/04/07   66.   Evidence of stupidity and malice in the IDF 20:23  |  Manny 04/04/07   67.   IDF soldier with cancer 22:58  |  Xavier 04/04/07   68.   #66 Manny 02:29  |  * BEN JABO 05/04/07   69.   #30 DO DOCTORS MAKE MISTAKES 04:25  |  TOBIA 22/11/07   70.   cancer 07:26  |  colin 22/11/07   71.   Legal defence facing offensive IDF 09:48  |  Jerry 22/11/07   72.   #4: They will argue: You can defend Israel without your testicles 10:01  |  Jerry 22/11/07   73.   wickedness of Kadima corruption 15:33  |  Jerry Diamond 22/11/07   74.   IDF Soldier with cancer 03:22  |  Tank Doc 23/11/07   75.   Soldier with..... 22:09  |  Mexi 24/11/07   76.   Roxy, No. 3 22:16  |  Mexi 24/11/07   77.   IDF, long time ago.... 22:36  |  Mexi 24/11/07   78.   The attorney was a jerk too! 08:12  |  Micha 27/11/07

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