The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered critical medicine and medical supplies to the eastern part of Aleppo city and rural Aleppo, where fighting has displaced up to 450.000 people.
Working with partners, such as the Syria Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and local nongovernmental organizations, WHO sent life-saving medicine and medical supplies to two hospitals in eastern Aleppo City and Al-Bab, as well as three public health centres in Azza, Daret Ezzeh, and Al-Atareb districts for approximately 65.000 medical treatments, the WHO website reported on Monday.
These deliveries which were sent from Damascus, will enable the hospital and the public health centres to treat patients with chronic illness, such as diabetes and hypertension.
Only four public hospitals remain operational in Aleppo governorate, 11 have been damaged, 5 of which are completely destroyed. Moreover, 132 primary health care centres have been damaged and only 16 are reported to be functioning. All health facilities are experiencing critical shortages in medicine and medical supplies.
Its estimated that 57% of the population is currently in need of humanitarian assistance, and the hard-to-reach areas in Aleppo have more than 1.3 million people in need living under extremely difficult conditions due to the disruption of inflows of basic goods and medicine, the deterioration of health care, and the constant shelling.