A Decade of Death, Destruction, and Denial: Ten Years into Syria’s Conflict, Impunity for Atrocities Prevails
Format We didn t know which hospitals were still standing and which ones were in ruins. We didn t know who was dead and who was alive. We were completely disoriented. Completely overwhelmed. Patients were streaming into the hospital non-stop. A single medical worker taking a break could have meant the death of a patient. That pressure only rose as more hospitals and clinics were destroyed.
Rami, a health care professional working at a prominent hospital during the last offensive on Eastern Ghouta (PHR case study)
Syria s government failed to rebuild medical facilities after retaking Daraa: Report
The Assad government has denied civilians in southern Syria access to healthcare, and violated the Russian-sponsored settlement agreement, says Physicians for Human Rights
A Syrian man receives treatment in an underground hospital in a then rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on 22 April, 2018 (AFP/file photo) By Published date: 10 December 2020 12:15 UTC | Last update: 3 months 4 weeks ago
The Syrian government has obstructed humanitarian aid and deliberately neglected the medical care system in southern Syria, causing a health crisis, a global human rights group has revealed.
The government has exacerbated medical and health conditions in Daraa province and disrupted humanitarian access for more than half a million civilians, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a US-based human rights organisation, said in a report