Published : 11-02-2018
The residents of Yarmouk camp have demanded the urgent opening of a humanitarian corridor, to release the emergency and ill cases from south Damascus, like the surrounding areas.
“We, the residents of Yarmouk camp, living in the camp or displaced to the neighboring towns, put in their hands our continued humanitarian suffering which is portrayed with the absence of a humanitarian corridor for the exit of emergency and sick conditions,” stated the statement published on social media pages.
The statement added that the suffering of the residents is ongoing and that they are prevented from the most basic elements of their daily lives, in addition to the lack of health and medical care, and freedom of movement to the capital's hospitals.
The statement noted that during the past few months a number of patients were able to leave south Damascus for treatment, through approvals granted by the Palestine Liberation Organization after the approval of the Syrian security services, however these approvals stopped at the end of 2017.
To conclude their statement, the residents demanded the concerned Palestinian and Syrian authorities to move rapidly to release patients and emergency cases, and alleviate the suffering of the people of the besieged camp.
In its report entitled "Palestinian of Syria... Between Promises and Restrictions," the Action Group indicated the deterioration of the health and medical status in Yarmouk camp, where all the hospitals and clinics are still out of service because the unavailability of medical materials and the absence of specialized medical staff. This is due to the continuous, strict siege imposed by the checkpoints of the regime’s army and the popular committee groups-General Command, affecting between 3-5 thousand civilians since 2013. The siege has led to the death of more than 200 refugees, due to malnutrition and the lack of medical care. Also, ISIS has been in control of large areas of Yarmouk camp since early April 2015.
The report indicated that 189 Palestinian patients are in desperate need of treatment outside the areas of their presence in Yarmouk camp and its neighboring areas.
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.
The residents of Yarmouk camp have demanded the urgent opening of a humanitarian corridor, to release the emergency and ill cases from south Damascus, like the surrounding areas.
“We, the residents of Yarmouk camp, living in the camp or displaced to the neighboring towns, put in their hands our continued humanitarian suffering which is portrayed with the absence of a humanitarian corridor for the exit of emergency and sick conditions,” stated the statement published on social media pages.
The statement added that the suffering of the residents is ongoing and that they are prevented from the most basic elements of their daily lives, in addition to the lack of health and medical care, and freedom of movement to the capital's hospitals.
The statement noted that during the past few months a number of patients were able to leave south Damascus for treatment, through approvals granted by the Palestine Liberation Organization after the approval of the Syrian security services, however these approvals stopped at the end of 2017.
To conclude their statement, the residents demanded the concerned Palestinian and Syrian authorities to move rapidly to release patients and emergency cases, and alleviate the suffering of the people of the besieged camp.
In its report entitled "Palestinian of Syria... Between Promises and Restrictions," the Action Group indicated the deterioration of the health and medical status in Yarmouk camp, where all the hospitals and clinics are still out of service because the unavailability of medical materials and the absence of specialized medical staff. This is due to the continuous, strict siege imposed by the checkpoints of the regime’s army and the popular committee groups-General Command, affecting between 3-5 thousand civilians since 2013. The siege has led to the death of more than 200 refugees, due to malnutrition and the lack of medical care. Also, ISIS has been in control of large areas of Yarmouk camp since early April 2015.
The report indicated that 189 Palestinian patients are in desperate need of treatment outside the areas of their presence in Yarmouk camp and its neighboring areas.
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.
