Syria

Amnesty International’s Allegations on Abuse Practices against Patients at Hospitals Fabrication

Ministry of Health refuted the allegations of the Amnesty International on patients undergoing abuse practices at the national hospitals in the cities of Homs and Baniyas as “untrue and full of contradictions and fabrications”.

In a statement published on Tuesday, the Ministry confirmed that till date no complaints of any assaults or any form of abuse practices committed by medical cadres or health staff against patients have been reported to the Ministry by any of the patients or of their relatives.

The statement stressed that there are laws and legislations that regulate the performance of medical cadres and preserve the rights of patients at health institutions and hospitals.

The Ministry denounced such allegations “which aim to distort the reputation of the Syrian health sector and create a state of lack of confidence in the national hospitals to serve biased purposes.”

The statement said that the Amnesty International’s report contradicted itself referring to abuses against patients at a private hospital, while at the same time highlighting the people’s fear to go to government hospitals and preferring to go to private hospitals.

The Ministry affirmed the high occupancy rate at the state hospitals, particularly at the emergency departments, noting that no decrease in the number of admitted patients has been reported all over the past period.

It stressed accessibility of high quality emergency medical services to all citizens, military or civilians, and regardless of their belongings.

It added that the medical teams’ mission is limited to diagnosing the cases and providing patients with immediate treatment.

Concluding its statement, the Ministry referred to the huge human and material losses the health sector has suffered due to the attacks launched by the armed terrorist and sabotage groups against doctors and medical cadres while performing their national duty in transporting injured people to hospitals.

It also cited the abduction of doctors and the sabotaging of several health establishments.

The Ministry said these attacks caused the martyrdom and the injury of dozens of high profile doctors and the damage of 60 ambulance cars and some parts of public hospitals which were burned by terrorists.

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