Published : 26-01-2015
The AGPS warned of a humanitarian disaster in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus due to the severe shortage of food and medical supplies because of the continuous siege imposed on it.
The Group correspondent in the Yarmouk refugee camp confirmed that most people do not eat, but some soups that are distributed by relief associations once a day, noting that this soup is boiling water with some spice, which is not a nutritional value, but this is what available in the camp now.
The correspondent pointed out that there is a big concern for children and the elderly life inside the camp, due to the spread of many diseases related to blood, kidneys, and skin as a result of the lack of nutrition, and the water and electricity complete cut all over the camp.
In terms of health aspect, our correspondent said that all the hospitals, dispensaries, and clinics stopped working completely, with the exception of Palestine Hospital, which offers some simple medical services.
In the same context, the AGPS documented statistics confirmed that the number of siege victims in the Yarmouk refugee camp has reached163 victims in light of the continued siege imposed on the camp for about 569 days, in addition to the suspension of entering food and medical urgent aids for more than 6 weeks.
It is noteworthy that the AGPS had called, in a statement issued earlier this month, to end the Yarmouk siege, and to allow the return of its people, as it called all conflict parties inside Syria and in particular the Syrian authorities are considered the host for the Palestinian refugees to move immediately to end the siege, and to find a solutions that would avoid the camp more blood like the rest of adjacent areas, which implemented the reconciliations.
It also appealed in its statement the international community represented by UNRWA, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the Human Rights Council to work seriously and actively to end the Yarmouk siege and to ensure a safe environment for the introduction of relief materials and to facilitate the return of displaced people from the camps to their homes.
In a related context, several mortar shells targeted different areas of the Yarmouk camp, the vicinity of Palestine hospital, coincided with an intense hovering by the Syrian military warplanes.
The AGPS warned of a humanitarian disaster in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus due to the severe shortage of food and medical supplies because of the continuous siege imposed on it.
The Group correspondent in the Yarmouk refugee camp confirmed that most people do not eat, but some soups that are distributed by relief associations once a day, noting that this soup is boiling water with some spice, which is not a nutritional value, but this is what available in the camp now.
The correspondent pointed out that there is a big concern for children and the elderly life inside the camp, due to the spread of many diseases related to blood, kidneys, and skin as a result of the lack of nutrition, and the water and electricity complete cut all over the camp.
In terms of health aspect, our correspondent said that all the hospitals, dispensaries, and clinics stopped working completely, with the exception of Palestine Hospital, which offers some simple medical services.
In the same context, the AGPS documented statistics confirmed that the number of siege victims in the Yarmouk refugee camp has reached163 victims in light of the continued siege imposed on the camp for about 569 days, in addition to the suspension of entering food and medical urgent aids for more than 6 weeks.
It is noteworthy that the AGPS had called, in a statement issued earlier this month, to end the Yarmouk siege, and to allow the return of its people, as it called all conflict parties inside Syria and in particular the Syrian authorities are considered the host for the Palestinian refugees to move immediately to end the siege, and to find a solutions that would avoid the camp more blood like the rest of adjacent areas, which implemented the reconciliations.
It also appealed in its statement the international community represented by UNRWA, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the Human Rights Council to work seriously and actively to end the Yarmouk siege and to ensure a safe environment for the introduction of relief materials and to facilitate the return of displaced people from the camps to their homes.
In a related context, several mortar shells targeted different areas of the Yarmouk camp, the vicinity of Palestine hospital, coincided with an intense hovering by the Syrian military warplanes.
