Health Minister: SYP 1 billion allocated for repairing health establishments and ambulances

Damascus, SANA. Health Minister Dr. Saad al-Nayef said that the government allocated SYP 1 billion to repair and rehabilitate hospitals, health centers, and ambulances damaged by terrorist attacks.

Meeting heads of health directorates in provinces on Wednesday, Minister al-Nayef asserted that the Ministry is working hard to provide the health sector’s needs and ensure that citizens receive proper health services.

He noted that contracts were signed with Iran to import medicine, equipment, and ambulances, with the first shipment of supplies and 50 ambulances due to arrive within the next few weeks, with 100 more ambulances to follow.

Al-Nayef also said that contracts were signed to provide dialysis machines and CT scan equipment fir Aleppo and Homs, in addition to other equipment valued at SYP 1.5 billion, while agreements made recently in Geneva will result in importing 30 mobile clinics and 10 mobile hospitals.

He pointed out that the Ministry’s strategy calls for providing specialized clinics in provinces to provide special services and reduce the need for citizens to travel to receive the treatment they need.

For their part, the heads of directorates discussed the state of health establishments in their provinces and the efforts they exert to provide health services to citizens, detailing the difficulties caused by the crisis in Syria such as hospital being put out of commission due to terrorist attacks.

H. Sabbagh