Through earthquakes and civil war, the doctors and staff of the Ain Al Bayda Hospital are going above and beyond even as a funding crisis threatens to shut them down
Ghufran, a 22 year old midwife, works a 9 am to 4 pm shift in an antenatal clinic at the Ain Al Bayda Hospital in northwest Syria. She’s responsible for monthly check-ups on patients who live in one of the 58 neighbouring camps for internally displaced people, who have been unable to leave through a decade of barbaric civil war. “The biggest danger to pregnant women here is anaemia caused by malnutrition,” she says.
When her shift has finished Ghufran moves to the obstetric wing, where she works for the remaining hours of the day. She’s on duty as one of six midwives working in a rota along with a surgical team and nursing staff. These gruelling working hours are the only way to provide essential care given the scarcity of available medical staff, says Waseem Bakir, health coordinator of Violet, a Syrian non-gove
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RAMALLAH: Two Palestinians were killed by Israelis in the West Bank and Israel on Thursday, according to official Palestinian sources. The Israeli army shot dead Ahmed Taha, 39, close to the Ariel settlement near Salfit. He was suspected of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack. And Palestinian sources said Amin Warda, a resident of Nuseirat in central Gaza, died after
The bitter winter cold is exacerbating the suffering of nearly two million internally-displaced people in the north of the country, Anadolu has reported. The displaced Syrians live in tents that barel.
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Ramallah – (5/4/2021) – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms “MADA” monitored and documented a total of 20 violations against media freedoms in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the month of March, most of which were committed by the Israeli occupation, compared to a total of 21 violations recorded during the month of February.
Israeli violations
The Israeli occupation forces, authorities, and settlers committed a total of 15 attacks against media freedoms and press crews during the month of March. As it included the attack by a group of settlers on the Turkish Anatolian Agency staff, namely: (Mustafa Al-Kharouf, Fayez Abu Rumaila, and Ejrippet Elalb), by beating and smashing their vehicle, while they were preparing a report on the Corona epidemic in the Asfrin neighborhood in the western part of Jerusalem.