Turkish authorities refuse to receive cancer patients from NW Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, Turkish authorities refused to receive 22 cancer patients, including 11 children in advanced stages, despite previous promises by a Turkish medical organization to receive them.
A medical source at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, between southern Turkey and northwest Syria, told North Press, “Despite the Turkish authorities having agreed to accept 22 advanced cancer patients, including 11 children, they have refused to admit them this morning and postponed their admission to an unknown time, amid the inability of hospitals in northwest Syria to provide any assistance to them.”
The source added that Idlib province alone has about 3,000 cancer cases, including 28 percent children, some of whom have reached advanced stages and cannot receive any help amid the Turkish authorities’ refusal to receive them.
The source further stated that Idlib and Afrin only have two centers for administering chemotherapy to breast cancer patients. However, these centers are unable to deal with advanced stages of cancer, and they have become even less capable of providing doses after the earthquake.