Qamişlo people: We suffer from lack of control over health reality

BIRITAN MADOUSA / SULAVA ABDULRAHMAN / QAMIŞLO

Qamişlo city is the center of al-Jazeera region, comprises 7 main neighborhoods: al-Hililia, Cornish, Judy, Antaria, Kador Balk, al-Asouria, al-Bashiria and the Western neighborhoods. It had a population of about 200,000 people, but this number increased significantly as a result of displacement from other Syrian areas, reaching about 500,000 people. There are 12 hospitals in Qamişlo city, the National Hospital (Regime-affiliated), the Martyr Xebat Hospital (of Autonomous Administration and it is military hospital) and the hospitals of al-Kindi, al-Razi, al-Rahma, al-Salam, Nafez, al-Kalima, al-Amal, Dar al-Shifa and al Nour Hospital, which are private hospitals, there are 4 clinics related to the Autonomous Administration, it provides emergency services, internal diseases, children, leishmaniosis, mild diseases and chronic diseases.

Most of the hospitals in Qamişlo are private hospitals. According to the parents, these hospitals charge large sums for their medical services.

'Doctors get expensive wages and do not care about patients well'

On the subject of medical examinations in Qamishlo, said Zainab Jawish, doctors are paid expensive wages for the inspection, and added in this regard, "doctors have to look at the living conditions of the people." "Due to the large number of visitors every day, doctors do not have enough time to take care of their patients," Zaynab's husband, Abdelkader Gawish, said doctors did not care about patients during the inspection compared to the high fees they receive.

We, in turn, conveyed the parents 'criticisms to the co-chair of the Doctors' Union in Qamishlo, Dr. Narkaz Issa Hassaf. "There are 250 doctors in Qamishlo, including 181 doctors in the Doctors Union," she said. "The cost of medical examinations is between 2000 SP and 3000 SP, this is not a large sum, there are old doctors and specialists, some doctors treat critical diseases and use expensive equipment in the examination, and some doctors are not members of the union, and we cannot interfere in their affairs. "

'The increasing number of displaced people, and thus increased cases of disease'

Mizgin Sheikhi said that they take the economic situation of the population into account, but they cannot prevent doctors from paying the fees of the inspections. "Because of the increasing number of displaced people in Qamishlo city, the city is very densely populated which led to an increase in the number of patients as well, so doctors are forced to see a large number of patients a day, had there been abuses by doctors against a particular person, they have to complain to the concerned parties, so that we can solve the problem.

'Medical laboratories and pharmacies looting parents'

Other phenomena that parents suffer from are the high prices of medicines in pharmacies and the high fees paid by medical laboratories, such as the cost of analysis and radiography, the citizen, Maysar Ezwan, said that he had to check one of the labs in a hospital for a chest scan, "the laboratory took 11,000 SP, plus 3 thousand doctor fees, besides I have to buy some medicines. "We demand action to reduce the prices of drugs, medical tests and inspections, the administration should look into this issue."

'Medicines come from different sources and in different ways, leading to higher prices'

According to the co-chair of the Pharmacists' Union in Qamishlo city Daham Shikhmos, there are 180 pharmacies in the city. "Medicines are interred in different ways and sold to pharmacies, therefore, each one determines the price of medicines according to the costs of transportation, and drug stores are entitled to add 10 to 20 % of the price of medicines while selling them to pharmacies, while pharmacies are entitled to add 25 % while selling to patients.

'The war condition hinders the implementation of our projects'

"We have projects for the establishment of hospitals and clinics, but the current situation hampers the implementation of these projects. We currently have projects to establish clinics in the villages, support existing clinics, "We have a project to build a large hospital, but the budget has not yet been allocated to implement it." Parents must be aware that we are living in an emergency circumstances.

'We have endeavors to provide free medical services'

The Co-chair of the Health Body in al-Jazeera Region, Abeir Hassaf, talked about the health situation in North Syria and the Rojava "During 2011 and 2016 the area was under siege. No medicines were introduced into the area, and since then, we have been trying to improve this situation.

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ANHA