Little Ali reaches Kuwait hospital

Doctors at a Kuwaiti hospital on Wednesday began treating an Iraqi child who touched hearts around the world after he lost his arms and most...

Doctors at a Kuwaiti hospital on Wednesday began treating an Iraqi child who touched hearts around the world after he lost his arms and most of his family during a bombing raid on Baghdad.

Ali Ismaeel Abbas was also badly burned when a missile hit his home during the US-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.

A spokesman for Ibn Sina hospital in Kuwait said US forces flew Ali from Baghdad to a Kuwaiti airfield, where an ambulance picked him up and brought him to the hospital.

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The boy, who arrived with his uncle, was in intensive care and he was expected to undergo surgery later this week. The order to treat Ali came from the Ministry of Health, Hospital Director Abdul Latif al-Sahli said. Ibn Sina, which specialises in paediatric surgery, is already treating five wounded Iraqi kids.

Nine days ago, Ali has become a cause celebre after his plight was highlighted in newspapers and on TV channels around the world. (Reuters)

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