Residents of Syria’s Hasakah demand rehabilitation of hospital
MARKADAH, Syria (North Press) – The residents of Markadah district, in the southern countryside of Syria’s Hasakah, have recently demanded the Autonomous Administration of North and East of Syria (AANES) rehabilitate their hospital and bring it into service to improve the deteriorating health situation.
“There is only one health center in Markadah. It lacks medical equipment and staff, and has a severe shortage of medicines,” said Ahmed Khalil from Markadah.
Patients have to travel long distances exceeding 100 km to reach hospitals in Hasakah or Deir ez-Zor, regardless of whether their diseases are serious or not, al-Khalil told North Press.
The Islamic State (ISIS) had taken Markadah Hospital as a headquarters for its members while controlling the town.
An international humanitarian organization is studying the possibility of rehabilitating the town hospital, said Iyada al-Tamr, co-chair of the local council of Markadah.
Al-Tamr pointed out that they informed the organization, whose name was not revealed, of the need to visit the Armenian office in Hasakah.
In 2011, the hospital was equipped at the expense of the Armenian government, but the outbreak of the Syrian war prevented the opening of the hospital, according to the official.
Equipping the hospital with the Armenian government was “in honor and loyalty to the people of the region who protected the Armenians in 1915 while they were chased by the Ottoman Empire in Markadah,” according to Al-Tamr.