Published : 24-07-2017
A number of Palestinian medics and paramedics have had mysterious fates in Syrian regime lock-ups. Others have reportedly been tortured to death on allegations of providing medical and humanitarian assistance to rival parties.
The list of missing medics included general surgeon Hayel Kasem Hamid, aged 67. Hamid, the head of the General Surgery Department at AlAssad University Hospital, was kidnapped from his clinic in Yarmouk Camp on August 13, 2012.
Palestinian neurosurgeon Alaa AlDeen Youssef, 62, has also gone missing since December 25, 2012. He was kidnapped from a checkpoint pitched near the main entrance to Yarmouk Camp.
Another Palestinian refugee—Malek Mohamed Youssef—also figures on the list. Youssef, a dentistry graduate, was kidnapped by the government forces from Damascus University on May 23, 2013.
Medical staff and structures in besieged Yarmouk Camp came under heavy shelling by the government squads. Dozens of doctors, pharmacists, and paramedics have been pronounced dead while others have gone missing since the outburst of the deadly warfare in Syria.
A number of Palestinian medics and paramedics have had mysterious fates in Syrian regime lock-ups. Others have reportedly been tortured to death on allegations of providing medical and humanitarian assistance to rival parties.
The list of missing medics included general surgeon Hayel Kasem Hamid, aged 67. Hamid, the head of the General Surgery Department at AlAssad University Hospital, was kidnapped from his clinic in Yarmouk Camp on August 13, 2012.
Palestinian neurosurgeon Alaa AlDeen Youssef, 62, has also gone missing since December 25, 2012. He was kidnapped from a checkpoint pitched near the main entrance to Yarmouk Camp.
Another Palestinian refugee—Malek Mohamed Youssef—also figures on the list. Youssef, a dentistry graduate, was kidnapped by the government forces from Damascus University on May 23, 2013.
Medical staff and structures in besieged Yarmouk Camp came under heavy shelling by the government squads. Dozens of doctors, pharmacists, and paramedics have been pronounced dead while others have gone missing since the outburst of the deadly warfare in Syria.
