Health sector in Der Ezzour provides services to people despite the lack of medical supplies

The terrorist war on Syria and the western blockade being imposed on the  Syrian governorates  have affected the health sector as many hospitals have been damaged because of terrorism and caused a shortage in the specialized doctors.  

 

 Workers in the health sector in Der Ezzour  governorate are actively seek to provide medical services to citizens according to the available capabilities, despite the lack of specialized medical supplies and cadres. 

 

The Director of Health Directorate in the province , Dr. Bashar Al-Shuaibi, stated  to the Syrian News Agency ( SANA)  that most hospitals and health centers went  out of service because  the health sector facilities in the governorate were subjected to systematic destruction, looting and sabotage by terrorists.  

 

He indicated that  106 health centers out of 110 centers and 7 government hospitals out of 8 were looted and vandalized, stressing  that despite that situation , the health sector continued to provide medical services to citizens throughout the years of the siege imposed by terrorists on Der Ezzour through Al-Assad Hospital and 4 health centers in the city. 

 

Dr. Al-Shuaibi pointed out that the health sector in the governorate has witnessed a remarkable improvement in the past three years  which  followed the lifting of the siege on the city of  and the liberation of its countryside from terrorism, as the number of health centers increased from 4 centers at the end of 2017 to 42 centers. 

 

He stressed the continuation of providing services within the hospital complex in Al-Assad Hospital, which includes the General Authority of Al-Assad Hospital and Al-Furat Hospital, which provides internal, cardiology and neurological care services. 

 

Director of health  noted that the number of patients at the Internal Diseases  Department  and Internal Diseases Emergency Department  has reached more than 20.000 since the beginning of the year, and the Children’s and Obstetrics Hospital, which provides Services of diseases, gynecology and pediatrics, and it contains an operating room, delivery room, and an incubator  department  which includes 16 modern incubators.

 

According to Dr. Al-Shuaibi, the health centers and hospital complex are currently working according to the available capabilities to provide health services and vaccinations to citizens in Der Ezzour and the eastern countryside of Raqqa. 

 

He  indicated  that the health sector has been supplied with medicines, vaccines, medical devices, surgical vehicles, mobile clinics and ambulances, highlighting that   the situation has improved after the approval of the Cabinet in mid-February to send 20 specialized doctors on a monthly basis to the hospitals of Der Ezzour. 

 

In turn, Director of the General Commission of al-Assad Hospital, Dr. Mamoun Hizah, said that the hospital provides surgical services “general, orthopedic, vascular, neurological and thoracic.” Over 3,500 surgical operations have been performed since the beginning of the year. “

 

A number of citizens recommended the health services being provided at the complex of hospitals and health centers, hailing the efforts made by the staff working in them, and demanding to provide some types of medicines and the repair of some medical devices which are not working. 

 

Rawaa Ghanam