Babens clinic alleviates peoples' suffering amid lack of equipment, medicines

AREF SULAIMAN/ GANDY ALO / AL-SHAHBA

After the Turkish occupation army in cooperation with its mercenaries attacked Afrin canton on 20 January of this year, it used in its attacks all heavy and internationally prohibited weapons. Consequently, hundreds of civilians were martyred and thousands were wounded; moreover, the people of Afrin were enforced to leave the canton towards al-Shahba areas, and with their exit from the canton, began the suffering of the people in all aspects of life, especially the health situation.

In order to help the people in terms of health, the Health Council in al-Shahba canton opened a small clinic in Benes village in al-Shahba areas to serve the people of Afrin on the 5th of June.

The clinic is staffed by a general practitioner, three nurses and one pharmacist, who work daily from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, the medical staff provides treatment to the families according to the available facilities free of charge.

An average of 60 patients, including children, women and elderly, are admitted daily to the clinic, the most common diseases that reach the clinic are intestinal inflammation and diarrhea, due to the lack of water purification and its contamination.

The clinic does not have alternative solutions for patients suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma due to the lack of medicines and equipment, as well as lack of electricity, which would not permit benefiting from some of the existing equipment.

In this context ANHA interviewed Dr. Amal Ahmed, who spoke about their suffering in treating patients due to lack of medicines and potential. "Every day, dozens of patients arrive at the clinic, they reach an average of 60 patients per day, and the most common diseases are bowel inflammation and diarrhea, when we do not have medicines, so we write an external prescription. For chronic diseases, we do not have medicines, therefore, the ill do not have a choice. We appeal to humanitarian agencies and organizations to provide support to us and to secure medical equipment and devices.

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ANHA