Qamishli hospitals face shortage of diabetes, heart, and lab drugs

The city of Qamishlo, in the Jazira Canton, is experiencing growing pressure on its health sector due to ongoing attacks by mercenaries of the Interim Government, supported by the Turkish occupation, on the regions of Rojava and NE Syria, as well as the imposed siege. This has been accompanied by the displacement of tens of thousands of people from Raqqa, Tabqa, and Aleppo toward the Jazira and Euphrates Cantons, further increasing the demand for various types of aid, especially medical assistance.

In this context, internal medicine specialist and head of the medical department at Al-Shaab Hospital (formerly National Hospital) in Qamishlo, Ahmed Isa, stated that the hospital is suffering from a severe shortage of medicines, particularly for diabetes and heart patients, as well as oral and intravenous drugs, emergency, and urgent intervention medications.

The Autonomous Administration in Jazira has directed all its health institutions to take the necessary measures to secure the hospitals’ needs and ensure their continued operation without interruption, to keep medical facilities in service and provide healthcare to civilians despite increasing pressures and difficult conditions. The supply of medicines previously provided by domestic pharmaceutical factories has stopped reaching the region.

Ahmed Isa also noted that the increasing number of displaced people has put hospitals under significant pressure, further increasing the demand for medications.

He pointed out that the shortage is not limited to Al-Shaab Hospital but affects all hospitals in Qamishli. He called on the Kurdish Red Crescent and humanitarian organizations capable of providing support to urgently supply the necessary medicines and medical equipment to meet hospital needs and cope with increasing pressure.

ANHA