Prime Minister inaugurates a number of development projects at Al-Mowasat University Hospital in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Jun.26, (ST)- Prime Minister Hussein Arnous inaugurated on Sunday a number of development projects at Al-Mowasat University Hospital in Damascus, at a cost of nearly 2 billion Syrian pounds.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the projects include the rehabilitation of surgical emergency department with a capacity of 82 beds and 5 intensive care beds, and the opening of otology division department with a capacity of 25 beds and 4 operating rooms that provide all therapeutic and surgical services for diseases and otolaryngology surgeries.

The projects also include clinic for the chronic pain that cannot be treated in traditional methods and surgeries, particularly advanced tumor pain, cervical and spinal compression cases, in addition to providing free services to patients through anesthesiologists.

The rehabilitation of the academic auditorium in the hospital with a capacity of 500 seats and equipping it with cameras and audio-visual aids to transfer surgical operations directly to the runway and holding various scientific events are among the projects.

An automated reception center linked to the informatics departments at the emergency department was also opened, SANA added, indicating that a number of clinics and various departments of the hospital that offers services to all patients and administrative transactions related to admission, death certificates and medical reports by providing patients with an electronic card that organizes their entry and exit from the hospital and the services provided to them.

Basma Qaddour