An international NGO reactivates a health center to serve tens of thousands of people in West Idlib
Idlib – North-Press Agency
Baraa Darwish
Meshmeshan Center in Al-Jabal Al-Wastani in the western countryside of Idlib has resumed its work following the renewal of the support from international organizations working inside Syria after a five weeks break.
Medical sources in Al-Jabal Al-Wastani confirmed that the Sustainable International Medical Relief Organization (SIMRO) had provided support to the health center of the town of Meshmeshan in Al-Jabal Al-Wastani, west of Idlib, which covers the needs of the people of the region which consists of 14 villages that include 60.000 people, about 10.000 of whom are internally displaced.
In addition to the pharmacy, the administration of the center has activated all the existing clinics in the town including internal, odontogenic, gynecologic, surgery, laboratory and pediatric clinics along with the activation of psychological support department and affording all the operating costs by the organization, after it had stopped providing services to patients for more than a month.
The Meshmeshan based center has witnessed a large turnout after its full reactivation, which contributed to reducing the suffering of many residents in the region from the high costs of treatment, covering the needs of tens of thousands distributed people in the villages and towns of Al-Jabal Al-Wastani area.
North-Press interviewed Tamim Shehwarou, the director of the health center, who spoke about the importance of Meshmeshan Health Center, which serves about 14 villages including tens of thousands of people, where he stated that “After a break of more than a month, the Sustainable International Medical Relief Organization (SIMRO) has fully provided support for the center”.
He also added that the center “serves our people in the region because it’s located in a strategic area and attracts large numbers of residents with a daily census estimated at about 120-130 visitors, which reduced the suffering of the local citizens from going to distant centers and hospitals and eased the burden upon them materially and morally”.
“The services of the center were simple and it provided very little, then it was stopped completely until it was supported by an organization and reactivated it better than before,” Ahmad Khairou, a patient told North-Press.
“The residents had suffered so much in treating children, adults, and diseases that were spreading in the region, in addition to the high costs and the great efforts to reach to Al-Qenya or Darkoush hospitals, which are about 35 km away from the area, we hope that the organization will continue its support to the center in order to completely get rid of the past problems,” the local resident added.