Idlib – North-Press Agency
The recent massive wave of internally displaced people has prompted medical personnel in northern Syria to open new health centers, following the destruction of their past centers in order to cover the health needs of the IDPs.
Among the centers that recently opened is the Fifth Hama Health Center in the town of “Hazano”, in the northern countryside of Idlib, following studies to cover the health status of the displaced people during the recent period of increased hostilities in the de-escalation zones.
The director of the center and pediatrician Sader Abdo told North-Press that coordination was made between a medical team and the health directorates in Idlib and Hama to open a medical center in Hazano in order to serve the town and the displaced people in the area and its surroundings.
The doctor confirmed that the Fifth Health Center is expected to provide services for more than 18,000 IDPs who live in camps as well as more than 20,000 IDPs from Hazano and the surrounding villages.
He explained that the center was previously in the Hawija area in al-Ghab Plain, northwest countryside of Hama, serving about 23,000 people from the town and its surroundings.
Nevertheless, the heavy shelling and military operations in the area, and targeting the center caused it to be out of service.
The Director of the center indicated that in the coming period, new medical centers are expected to be opened in Idlib countryside to cover the largest number of pathological conditions in northwestern Syria.
The team of Response Coordinators has recently recorded an increase of IDP numbers from Idlib, Hama, Aleppo, and Latakia since the beginning of last February to reach 551,877 persons belonging to 84,904 families.
The displaced people headed towards areas close to the border with Turkey, and to areas controlled by the Euphrates Shield forces and the Turkish-backed forces of Olive Branch in northern Aleppo.
The team of Response Coordinators attached a statistical report on the number of victims in the past week counted about 769 persons, including 221 children, with hundreds injured.