Palestine Action-linked remand prisoner Umer Khalid admitted to hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News
After his heart rate slowed and organs failed due to his hunger strike, Umer Khalid, 22, has been hospitalised again. Listen to this article | 3 mins info London, United Kingdom – A British pro-Palestine remand prisoner whose hunger strike brought him to the brink of death is being treated in hospital again, his family understands, renewing fears for his health. Umer Khalid, 22, last spoke to his mother, Shabana, by phone on January 26 from Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. He had been rushed to intensive care a day earlier with a dangerously slow heart rate and organ failure. Soon after, he ended his 17-day hunger strike protest. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list She has not heard from him since. The prison informed her on January 28 that he had returned to hospital and was being monitored. But Khalid’s mother told Al Jazeera that prison authorities are not forthcoming with further information about his condition or level of care, despite her repeated calls and emails. “I fear for his life,” she told Al …
