Canadian student hospitalised after 34 days of hunger strike for Palestine: report

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A Canadian student from McGill University who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past 34 days was admitted to hospital after she fainted on Saturday, student organisers have told Middle East Eye.

Rania Amine, an undergraduate student at McGill, who began an indefinite hunger strike on 19 February, is understood to be stable and under observation. MEE was scheduled to speak with Amine on Saturday before she was admitted to the hospital.

Organisers told MEE that Amine went to the hospital for IV fluids.

Upon receiving the IV fluids, Amine fainted and doctors advised that she be hospitalised. The students declined to disclose the name of the hospital for Amine’s safety.

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