84-year-old Israeli hostage who was freed remains in critical condition
Alma Avraham, an 84-year-old Israeli hostage freed by Hamas on Sunday, remains hospitalized in critical condition, Israeli officials said Monday.
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She suffers from preexisting conditions and was receiving regular medication before she was kidnapped, said Dr. Tzachi Slotsky, deputy administrator of Soroka Medical Center.
"If she hadn’t been transferred to us yesterday, or any other delay in her transfer, it would’ve worsened her condition even more," Slotsky said. "She is intubated and sedated at the emergency room and her life is still in danger."
Without care, she soon would have died, said Avraham's daughter, Tali Amano.
"My mother did not deserve to return this way -- my mother was medically neglected," Amano said. "She didn’t get any of her medication."
"The only reason we are standing here today ... is to save those who are left there [in Gaza]," Amano said.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Morgan Winsor