Health Minister calls on international organizations for more cooperation

Damascus, SANA –Health Minister in the caretaker government, Dr. Saad al-Nayef, stressed the importance of bolstering cooperation with the international organizations to meet the health needs of patients.

Meeting head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees mission, Tareq al-Kurdi, Minister al-Nayef called on the international organizations to offer more support through providing qualitative medicines and medical equipment which are difficult to get from health establishments due to the unjust economic sanctions imposed on the Syrian people.

The minister added that the number of medical shipments the ministry delivered to all provinces this year reached 415 shipments, of which 115 shipments were offered by international organizations.

For his part, al-Kurdi stressed that the Health Ministry is the only side that will be cooperated with in Syria.

F.Allafi