Israeli nursing student in Jordan dies after fall; family donates organs
22-year-old Dina Khalil’s relatives say she was transferred to Israeli hospital after one in Jordan refused to give her necessary treatment until she forked over exorbitant costs
A nursing student from the northern Arab town of Jadeidi-Makr passed away on Thursday after falling from her fourth-floor apartment in Amman, Jordan while hanging Christmas decorations last week.
Dina Khalil, 22, was studying in the Hashemite kingdom, where she was initially treated for her injuries.
But her father told Channel 12 that the hospital initially refused to provide her with adequate medical treatment because she had been unable to pay significant medical costs.
Khalil’s friends launched a crowdsourcing campaign to quickly raise the necessary funds, but her father said that his daughter’s condition had deteriorated in the meantime.
“It was probably too late… because the hospital staff waited a long time before giving her the necessary treatment and she lost a lot of blood,” he said.
Khalil was transferred to Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center earlier this week, where she was pronounced dead.
The family decided to donate Khalil’s organs, which the hospital said helped save the lives of five other people.
“We didn’t think about who would receive her organs. The important thing was to save lives. We are very happy with the decision but are sorry that this is what happened to our beloved daughter,” her father said told Channel 12.
The Times of Israel Community.