Source: UN News: Saturday, 08 November 2025 00:01 AM
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern that currently only 58 percent of hospitals and 23 percent of primary health centers in Syria have full care services available. According to the UN agency, funding for basic services is not available and this is hurting hopes for a peaceful future. Ordinary citizens in Syria have suffered the pain of civil war for more than a decade. In December last year, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other opposition armed groups ousted former President Bashar al-Assad from power. After the fall of the Assad regime, a large number of Syrian citizens have started returning to their country, but there is a shortage of investment, medicines, electricity and equipment in the country devastated by violent conflict.World Health Organization The WHO warned that health services are also suffering from a lack of adequate investment, with a large number of hospitals and primary health centers closed. Dr. Bethke, the UN agency representative in Syria, said services on the ground are in a critical state…health needs are still growing. She said that since the middle of the year, cuts in financial resources have affected 400 health centers and 366 have had to either close or reduce the level of services. Medicine and treatment arrangements for more than 74 lakh people have been affected. 1.2 lakh medical consultations have had to be postponed and more than 13 thousand cases of delivery have taken place without specialist help. Briefing journalists in Geneva from the capital Damascus, Dr Bethke said that there is a shortage of health workers and the ground is not yet ready for the return of skilled health professionals. Return of more than 1 million According to the latest UN figures, more than 1.1 million Syrian citizens have been deported since the fall of the Assad regime. They have since returned to their countries. However, due to lack of health care services, many have not been able to make up their mind to return to other countries. In addition, a large number of homes and infrastructure have been destroyed, there is a lack of employment opportunities and the security situation is also poor. Dr. Bethke said that most people want to return with their families, but they also want to know whether there are schools, any shelter for children, electricity, water services or not.imhrcAccording to ), more than 7 million Syrian citizens are displaced within their country’s borders, while more than 4.5 million have taken refuge in other countries.
