Syria ... Corona injuries are "very frightening" and high deaths among doctors
The number of people infected and dead due to the new Corona virus has increased among the medical teams in the areas controlled by the Syrian government, especially in Damascus, according to several medical sources.
Recently, Damascus and its environs recorded a remarkable increase in the number of HIV infections, and doctors spoke of a "frightening" situation in hospitals that narrowed the injured, and pages on the Internet provided thousands of medical consultations.
Since July 25, the Damascus Doctors Syndicate has published on its Facebook page lists of the names of doctors that it said had died "in the face of the Coronavirus," and their number reached 31, among them those who died outside the country.
A doctor in a hospital in Damascus, who preferred to remain anonymous, told AFP that most of the aforementioned doctors died in Syria.
So far, the Syrian Ministry of Health has recorded 1677 cases of Covid-19, including 64 deaths, who underwent virus detection tests.
The ministry reported earlier about "occasional cases that do not have the means to conduct public surveys in the provinces." It also warned of an increase in the number of infected people in light of a "horizontal spread of the epidemic between cities," which could herald a wider spread if preventive measures were not observed.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Syria quoted the Ministry of Health on Monday as having recorded 69 injuries among medical staff, including 48 in Damascus only and 13 in its countryside.
The United Nations has warned against responding more to the already depleted and fragile health sector in Syria after the long years of war.
And it reported undocumented reports of an increase in mourning and burial papers, indicating that the increase in the number of injuries registered with the Ministry of Health more than doubled during the past three weeks, indicating that "the societal spread of the epidemic is expanding."
The specialized medical “Samsa Hakim” page, which is watched by more than 150,000 people and has become a health reference for Syrians, published a list of 55 names, which it said were among the doctors and pharmacists “who were lost by Syria” in recent days, at least ten of them died abroad, according to one of the supervisors. On the page.
The doctor in Damascus confirmed that the majority of the dead among the doctors in Syria had not been examined for the new Corona virus, "but the symptoms they encountered make us think directly that the death was caused by it."
He explained, "We are now dealing with all cases as Corona due to the wide spread."
About two weeks ago, doctors, activists and media workers published comments on the Internet warning of a significant increase in the number of injuries and deaths, at a time when the statistics of the Ministry of Health showed a remarkable increase as well.
The Dean of the Faculty of Human Medicine at the University of Damascus, Dr. Naboug Al-Awa, told the “Samaha Hakim” page that the rate of injuries is “very frightening”. He explained that "all the rooms are full, and the patient who is in a bad condition cannot enter the care except in the event of the death of another patient."
Nine years of war have depleted the health system throughout Syria, with the destruction of hospitals and the shortage of medical personnel, and the outbreak of the epidemic exacerbated the situation. In Syria, according to the ministry, 25 thousand beds.