- SYRIA: Sanctions-GOVERNMENT-MEDICINE
- tolyan at 02/22/2012 - 06:45
- ITAR-TASS, 22/02 12:01 CET lack of medical equipment and medicinal products in Syria due to sanctions - a government source BEIRUT, Feb. 22. / Correspondent. ITAR-TASS, Dmitry Zelenin /. Lack of medical equipment and medicinal products in Syria is a consequence of the sanctions imposed by the League of Arab States, the European Union and the United States. This was said in a statement in Damascus, the government source.
- It emphasizes that the responsibility for the deterioration in the health sector are "those external forces that finance and arm the terrorist groups, attacking medical facilities."
- A government source admitted that the shortage of medicines and medical equipment as reflected in the public service. However, as noted in a statement, the Syrian authorities have always paid attention to the development of health and medical aid to citizens free of charge. The country has 124 hospitals and 1919 health centers, in addition, 387 private clinics operate.
- As a result of recent events health facilities suffered substantial material damage. There are casualties among medical personnel, looted and burned 17 hospitals, incapacitated 129 ambulances. Syria has sent to the International Committee of the Red Cross and Human Rights Council, UN messages, which reported on the situation and denied the "innuendo unmasked anti-Syrian media." -0-ml
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