The National Hospital in al-Hasaka is back to service after being sponsored by MSF.

The national hospital in al-Hasaka city northern Syria is back to resume providing services after years of total neglect. Doctors without borders organization (MSF) has almost adopted the hospital completely.

MSF has began working in the hospital, setting up 17 caravan, equipping the ambulance department and rehabilitating the hospital lab. While the rehabilitation of the intensive care and operations departments will begin on September 15th.

Saeed Abdo, head of logistics section at MSF, told Welat FM correspondent “We had re-activated the ambulance section and we will re-activate the other sections will be and the organization will cover all the costs and expenses.”

Abdo also pointed out that the organization will provide all medications free of charge and that the operations section consist of 17 fully equipped caravans. Explaining that 15 operations can be carried out at the same time.

For his part, Akram Shekho, Director of the National Hospital in Al-Hasaka, told Welat FM correspondent: “MSF had a contact with the Health Authority in self-Administration in Rojava. In order to provide services to the residents of Al-Hasaka city and its countryside.

“the National Hospital was chosen by MSF it had been out of service since many years, and because It is located in the middle of the towns and camps of al-Hasaka city,” added Shekho, pointing out that ” Most of MSF staff in the hospital will be of local medical personnel, and they will work in the ambulance, operations (surgeries) and care sections only, while all services will be provided to other sections free of charge including medications and drugs.”

One patients, named Bahjat, said: “This is a really blessed step as it minimizes the difficulties faced by patients in various aspects, especially in material ones. The patient previously had to buy all medicines and pay the costs of operations in private clinics and hospitals, as the National Hospital was completely out of service in the few past years.”

It should be noted that Welat radio had paid particular attention to transfer the miserable situation of the National Hospital in al-Hasaka not long ago, where our correspondent had prepared a detailed visual report on the overall situation there.

Translated by: Hevin Osman

Welat FM