Through more than 70 centers, medical points and 8 hospitals, free treatment services and medicines offered in Aleppo

Aleppo (ST): The health sector in Aleppo Governorate continues to provide free medical and treatment services and medicines to citizens through more than 70 health centers, medical points and 8 hospitals in the countryside of the governorate and the city. 

Dr. Ziyad Al-Hajj Taha, Director of Aleppo Health, said in a statement that there are 3 hospitals and 5 administrative medical bodies that provide free treatment to patients, including Al-Razi Hospital, which specializes in emergency services, surgeries, and outpatient clinics, and Zahi Azraq Hospital, which deals with internal medicine and the provision of medicines for chronic diseases, including multiple sclerosis and other diseases, and the state maternity hospital for gynecology.

Hajj Taha explained that there are health and specialized centers throughout the governorate for thalassemia, tuberculosis, diabetes, dentistry, primary health care for vaccine and leishmaniasis services, inpatient clinics, children and reproductive health, and a large number of mobile clinics and mobile teams that roam remote rural areas where there are no health centers serving the population.

Hajj Taha said that the health sector has been damaged by terrorism and referred to the ongoing work to restore hospitals and health centers. 

He added that the ambulance system has also been re-established in service after it was damaged, and the number of cars in it has reached about 30 ambulances equipped with the latest medical and first aid technologies, and work is continuing to restore the rest of the medical centers.

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