Toxic Slag Heaps Poison Children of Kosovo. An Abuse of the FUndamental Human Rights of an Ethnic Minority

NEWS FLASH : Ergin Salihi, returned to Osterode Camp, still untreated for lead poisoning! Please help Ergin and the other children and demand that they get proper treatment. It is the families' top priority and has been totally ignored.

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HIS CONDITION AND LATEST REPORTS: Nine-year-old Ergin Salihi was sent to Kraguevac hospital on 11th April from the Osterode camp in critical condition with damaged kidneys. Now, he is back in Osterode camp, where special dietary supplements promised by the Kosovo government were soon stopped. His condition has deteriorated as can be seen by this photos of his now bloated face, symptomatic of kidney problems caused by his poisoning.

Prof. Dr. Andelka Stojkovic-Andelkovic who examined Ergin (who weighs only 20 kilos) stated he was suffering from Nephritic syndrome caused in her opinion from malnutrition. However, she was not aware that Ergin has lived all his life on toxic wasteland in a former UN camp. As we all know, lead poisoning can also damage kidneys.

Whatever the cause of his kidney disease, he will surely die if he is returned to Osterode camp. Doctors have spent the last five days draining his kidneys. His weight has gone down by 5kg. He needs good quality food but his family has no income, and eat only what they find in the local garbage containers.

The Kraguevac doctors say Salihi is still too weak to have a kidney biopsy to determine the exact cause of his illness, but whether it is malnutrition, lead poisoning or a combination of both, he won't survive without a high quality diet and chelation away from Osterode.

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REPORT 2 dispatched on 22nd April 2009

REPORT 3 dispatched on 25th April 2009

REPORT 4 dispatched on 5th May 2009