Mother’s 8-Year Vigil Ends as Coma Patient Transferred for Specialized Care

Of Moroccan origin, Samir crossed the Tarajal border every day to work as an upholsterer to help his mother. But since the accident he suffered in 2015, the forty-year-old has remained bedridden in the Ceuta hospital. The Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration has just granted him and his mother, Saadia, a temporary individual residence permit in Spain. Samir and Saadia will be transported to Murcia in a Red Cross ambulance this Wednesday, reports El Faro de Ceuta.

Samir’s family has fought for years in court to obtain this transfer to the peninsula. No investigation had been carried out on the accident and the case had been dismissed. The family also overcame many difficulties in obtaining the documents to facilitate the transfer of the victim to the peninsula. A long process. "Thank you to all those who helped me," an emotional Saddia said, who has not left her son’s side in this Ceuta hospital room for a single minute.

"For eight years I have been fighting day and night with Saadia. She is a courageous mother from whom I have learned a lot. She is a fighting mother," said Malika, a volunteer from the Spanish Association Against Cancer, who expressed her gratitude to all the associations and hospital staff for their support to Samir and his mother. "We are grateful to all the people of Ceuta. It seemed impossible, but thank God, we succeeded," added Khaddouj, another volunteer from the association.

Lawyer Francisco José Rodríguez has engaged and followed all the steps until the granting a few months ago of this temporary residence permit issued by the Secretary of State for Migration. But Samir and his mother remained at the Ceuta hospital until this Wednesday because their Moroccan passports had expired. In Murcia, Samir will be able to benefit from specialized care to improve his health, nearly eight years after this accident. In June 2021, the Court of First Instance in Ceuta declared him incapable and placed him under the guardianship of his mother.

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