NEWS CENTRE - Due to the depletion of medicine stocks at Hesekê Public Hospital, patients with thalassaemia and kidney disease in particular cannot be treated, and operations cannot be performed.

 

Hospitals in Hesekê, which is under the control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, are experiencing a shortage of medicines. Medicine stocks at Hesekê Public Hospital have seriously depleted. The hospital is forced to provide services with limited resources.

 

Speaking to ANHA, Hospital Director Dr Salar Ebulwehab Ebdullah stated that medicines necessary for thalassaemia, cancer and dialysis treatments have reached the point of depletion. Emphasising that supply routes have been cut off due to the siege and attacks, Ebulwehab Abdullah said, "We urgently need surgical needles, anaesthetic drugs and blood products. Medical support is essential for the hospital to continue its activities."

 

Surgeries cannot be performed

 

Ebulwehab Ebdullah stated that power cuts have paralysed their work, recalling that the region was left without power after the change of control at the Euphrates Dam. Stating that the current single generator is insufficient, Ebulwehab Ebdullah said, "We need at least two more generators to be able to run the oxygen station and perform surgeries."

 

The hospital, which treats an average of 1,000 patients daily and serves more than 1.5 million people, is awaiting humanitarian aid.