Syrian Interim Government: Hospitals in Deir Ezzor are Badly Underequipped

The interim Ministry of Health released a report that documents the work of the medical centers in Deir Ezzor province during June 2014. The report lists four medical centers operating in the city and its countryside, namely Varmex, Al Sheikh Yassin, Dar Aisha, and a Recuperation Hospital. Varmex Hospital provides all medical services and is equipped with 30 beds. 100 surgical operations were conducted in the hospital during July, while Sheikh Yassin field hospital provides all services and is equipped with 20 beds. The Ministry pointed out that the above-mentioned hospitals lack Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine, advanced laboratory, medical operating table and an anesthesia machine. The children’s recuperation center is equipped with four beds only, and it lacks diagnostic devices, need oxygen cylinders and incubators for children. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Syrian Interim Government)