Syria’s AANES plans to activate healthcare system in its areas of control
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) seeks to activate the healthcare system for the residents of northeast Syria during 2022, an official of the AANES said Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Health Board of the Autonomous Administration was held in the meeting room in the Executive Council building in the city of Raqqa, north Syria.
The meeting discussed the mechanism of work of the health committees and institutions of the Autonomous Administration, as well as the achievements made and the reasons behind the failure in the health sector.
“At the meeting, it was agreed to approve the formulation of a public health system for northeast Syria areas that will be adopted by the Health Board,” Jiwan Mustafa, co-chair of the Health Board said.
“This health system will be a pillar for providing all health services
in northeast Syria,” Mustafa added.
“The health system that is currently being prepared will show the duties of the Health Board towards the population and how to organize this sector and set the foundations and the effective controls for it,” he said.
“For about ten years, the health system throughout Syria, including the northeast regions, has deteriorated,” Mustafa noted.
The Health Board concluded its annual meeting with a number of outcomes, the most important of which was the continuation of work on the state of health emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The issuance of the law for the practice of medical professions, the development of the ambulance and emergency system, and the activation of the primary health care system, especially in rural areas, were also among the outcomes of the meeting.
The Health Board will activate a number of hospitals, including al-Forat Hospital and Hajin Hospital in Deir ez-Zor and Shaddadi Hospital. It will establish the People’s Hospital in the city of Kobani and monitor medicines in the region and check their effectiveness and safety of use.
The Health Board of the Autonomous Administration called on the international actors not to include the health sector in the political issues. It also demanded that the crossing be opened for the entry of humanitarian and medical aid.