Published : 03-02-2018
The Action Group For Palestinians of Syria has confirmed in its yearly report for 2017, titled “Syrian Palestinians... Between Promises and Restrictions,” that Yarmouk camp is witnessing a sharp deterioration in the health condition.
According to the report, Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees witnessed a rapid deterioration in the health conditions during 2017. Dozens of the camp’s residents were diagnosed with many diseases, mainly related to liver and kidney illnesses.
All the hospitals and clinics in the camp remain out of service because of the lack of medical supplies and specialized staff, except for Palestine Hospital which provides some primary medical services. This is because the checkpoints of the Syrian regime and the Popular Front Groups-General Command continue to impose their strict siege on 3000-5000 civilians since mid-2013. 200 refugees have lost their lives due to the siege, as a result of malnutrition and the lack of medical care, in addition to ISIS taking control over large areas of Yarmouk camp since April 2015.
The report confirmed that the areas under the control of ‘Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham,’ previously knowns as Al-Nusra, on the west of Yarmouk camp, has witnessed significant spread of typhoid fever and jaundice among the children and elderly people, due to the double siege imposed on the people in those areas, by the Syrian regime forces and its affiliated Palestinian factions, and ISIS, in addition to drinking polluted water from wells which lack the basic health standards. The medical staff have recorded a number of patients of this disease in the besieged south Damascus in general and Yarmouk camp in particular.
The report indicated that field sources in Yarmouk camp confirmed that more than 189 Palestinian patients are in desperate need of treatment outside their locations in Yarmouk refugee camp and the neighboring towns.
According to the report, 31 of the patients suffer from cancer and are in need of urgent treatment and constant supervision. 78 refugees have been diagnosed with heart diseases, 20 suffer of vertebrae diseases and fractures, 18 are diagnosed with liver and kidney diseases, 14 suffer from Epilepsy, 8 asthma patients and 11 cases of paralysis of the limbs which need permanent follow-up.
The report also indicated that the Syrian opposition coalition stopped its support to the field hospital in Yelda, and the medical point in Babilla, which are directly affiliated to the General Medical Authority in south Damascus, adding an economic burden to Palestinian families in Yarmouk camp and the southern area which are already suffering from extremely harsh economic conditions.
You can download the electronic version of the report on the following link:
http://www.actionpal.org.uk/ar/reports/special/between_promises_and_r estrictions_ar.pdf
The Action Group For Palestinians of Syria has confirmed in its yearly report for 2017, titled “Syrian Palestinians... Between Promises and Restrictions,” that Yarmouk camp is witnessing a sharp deterioration in the health condition.
According to the report, Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees witnessed a rapid deterioration in the health conditions during 2017. Dozens of the camp’s residents were diagnosed with many diseases, mainly related to liver and kidney illnesses.
All the hospitals and clinics in the camp remain out of service because of the lack of medical supplies and specialized staff, except for Palestine Hospital which provides some primary medical services. This is because the checkpoints of the Syrian regime and the Popular Front Groups-General Command continue to impose their strict siege on 3000-5000 civilians since mid-2013. 200 refugees have lost their lives due to the siege, as a result of malnutrition and the lack of medical care, in addition to ISIS taking control over large areas of Yarmouk camp since April 2015.
The report confirmed that the areas under the control of ‘Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham,’ previously knowns as Al-Nusra, on the west of Yarmouk camp, has witnessed significant spread of typhoid fever and jaundice among the children and elderly people, due to the double siege imposed on the people in those areas, by the Syrian regime forces and its affiliated Palestinian factions, and ISIS, in addition to drinking polluted water from wells which lack the basic health standards. The medical staff have recorded a number of patients of this disease in the besieged south Damascus in general and Yarmouk camp in particular.
The report indicated that field sources in Yarmouk camp confirmed that more than 189 Palestinian patients are in desperate need of treatment outside their locations in Yarmouk refugee camp and the neighboring towns.
According to the report, 31 of the patients suffer from cancer and are in need of urgent treatment and constant supervision. 78 refugees have been diagnosed with heart diseases, 20 suffer of vertebrae diseases and fractures, 18 are diagnosed with liver and kidney diseases, 14 suffer from Epilepsy, 8 asthma patients and 11 cases of paralysis of the limbs which need permanent follow-up.
The report also indicated that the Syrian opposition coalition stopped its support to the field hospital in Yelda, and the medical point in Babilla, which are directly affiliated to the General Medical Authority in south Damascus, adding an economic burden to Palestinian families in Yarmouk camp and the southern area which are already suffering from extremely harsh economic conditions.
You can download the electronic version of the report on the following link:
http://www.actionpal.org.uk/ar/reports/special/between_promises_and_r estrictions_ar.pdf
