Published : 11-06-2018
The conditions of two children suffering of dehydration have worsened, due to the lack of medical services in the Deir Balout camp, which is home to thousands of Palestinian refugees. According to the people, the children are now in need to be transferred to hospital, which is difficult at the moment because of the absence of ambulances or normal cars. They expressed their fear of the increase of health conditions that need to be transferred to hospital amid the heat waves and the absence of drinking water in the camp.
As for the lack of medical services, a number of displaced persons said that there is no specialist doctor in Deir Balout camp providing the appropriate treatment, noting that the camp has only volunteer nurses supervising the treatment of the residents. They pointed out that the nearest medical point or hospital is at least 5 km away, with no transportation available as an ambulance or free transport. This is expensive for dozens of the forcibly displaced families from the south of Damascus, who are suffering from difficult living conditions in camps that were prepared rapidly.
The refugees also called on UNRWA to assume immediate responsibility towards them, since it refuses to provide any services to the displaced Palestinian refugees in northern Syria. They also appealed to the Turkish Red Crescent to provide urgent health care to the patients in the camp.
The conditions of two children suffering of dehydration have worsened, due to the lack of medical services in the Deir Balout camp, which is home to thousands of Palestinian refugees. According to the people, the children are now in need to be transferred to hospital, which is difficult at the moment because of the absence of ambulances or normal cars. They expressed their fear of the increase of health conditions that need to be transferred to hospital amid the heat waves and the absence of drinking water in the camp.
As for the lack of medical services, a number of displaced persons said that there is no specialist doctor in Deir Balout camp providing the appropriate treatment, noting that the camp has only volunteer nurses supervising the treatment of the residents. They pointed out that the nearest medical point or hospital is at least 5 km away, with no transportation available as an ambulance or free transport. This is expensive for dozens of the forcibly displaced families from the south of Damascus, who are suffering from difficult living conditions in camps that were prepared rapidly.
The refugees also called on UNRWA to assume immediate responsibility towards them, since it refuses to provide any services to the displaced Palestinian refugees in northern Syria. They also appealed to the Turkish Red Crescent to provide urgent health care to the patients in the camp.
