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Spanish soldiers from the EUTM-Mali mission examined him in his country and he was transferred on a plane with his father from Bamako to Zaragoza two weeks ago.
A 4-year-old Malian boy who suffers from facial deformity caused by a cranial tumor is going to undergo treatment in Zaragoza Children's Hospital. The little boy has arrived in the Aragonese capital after a medical team of Spanish soldiers belonging to the EUTM-Mali European mission treated him in the African country and the Ministry of Defence decided to move to Spain two weeks ago.
The child was transferred to a military plane from Bamako to Zaragoza accompanied by his father, although it was not made public. The child's treatment will also be carried out under the protection of Military hospital, who welcomed him the first days, and Caritas Military, which has facilitated humanitarian aid with a support family in Zaragoza for them.
The rare disease suffered by the Malian child is known as neurofibromatosis, which causes a group of genetic disorders that cause tumors to form. The little boy is being treated in the Oncology department of the Children's Hospital.
Amongst the Children's Hospital specialists There were several neurosurgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, neuropediatricians, ophthalmologists, pediatricians and radiologists who treated him. DGA sources indicated that the analysis required oral pharmacological treatment and monitoring by a pediatric oncologist. Furthermore, it will have to happen a check every two weeks for your review.
Visit of the minister to Zaragoza
It is expected that this little boy will be welcomed by the Spanish troops in Mali be visited next Wednesday by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who will know first-hand the history of the child's evolution.
In the interview given to HERALDO a few days ago, the minister acknowledged that with the suspension of the mission in Mali by the European Union, it will be resized when France and other countries withdraw their troops, and Spain's participation "will be smaller and different."
Likewise, Margarita Robles will also go to the Military Hospital to find out the status of 14 injured in the Ukrainian war who are being treated at the Zaragoza center. Two of the first three who arrived on May 5 suffered amputations of their arms after being victims of explosions and their prostheses are already being prepared.
Regarding the eleven victims who They arrived last May 19 During the second transfer on a military plane from Poland to the Zaragoza Base, numerous scan and radiology tests were performed to detect the maxillofacial damage they suffered, as well as traces of shrapnel on both their faces and legs.
It is expected that once the previous studies being carried out at the Military Hospital are completed, the surgical interventions and subsequent treatments will begin.
