PHYSICIANS ACROSS CONTINENTS TURKEY
PAC
MEDICAL RELIEF MISSION IN SYRIA
Monthly Bulletin Physicians Across Continents - Turkey July 2015
Photo: during child protection activities in Suruc refugees camp Suruc, Turkey - July 2015
Primary Healthcare The five Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCC) were established in 2014 (the sixth center had stopped operating due to security issues). PHC services were provided according to the World Health Organization standards, through diagnosis and treatment of diseases, health education services, monitoring children nutrition and reproductive health services. Medical staff
4%
20%
50
728
4,371
Maternal and Child Health Center
Darit Ezza Center
Tel Refaat
(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
6%
1,287 El-Zirba Center (in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
Beneficiaries
24%
20,831
4,932
El-Tah Center
18%
(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
3,561 El-Janoudea Center
28%
(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
5,952
Talbisah Center
Specialized Hospitals Mother and child hospital in Tel Refaat Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The hospital provides maternal and child health services including a neonatal unit. Medical staff
Beds
Neonatal beds
Operating rooms
45
5
1
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Beneficiaries
728
Normal deliveries
127
Caesarean section
8
Neonatal admissions
7
Shamarin Surgical Hospital Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The hospital receives varieties of both civil and war injuries. Surgical operations cover all disciplines including general, orthopedic, vascular, urological and reconstructive surgeries. In addition to the maxillofacial, ENT and ophthalmology surgeries.
Beneficiaries
506
%36 Males %64 Females
Outpatient clinic consultations
500 Emergency consultations
6 Medical staff
92
Beds
22
2
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Operating rooms
3
Surgical operations
36
Specialized Central Hospital (previously Azaz National Hospital) Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The hospital is located in Azaz and it was re-opened in July 2015, it provides its medical service 24 hours a day through several surgical specialisations, intensive care unit, emergency unit and pediatrics department.
Reviews in the external clinics
1,323
Reviews in emergency
1,604
Operations
89
Staff
191
Beds
131
Mental Health Hospital in Azaz Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The inpatient department in the hospital provides diagnostic and therapeutic services, besides outpatient consultation services. Staff
48 (including 3 psychiatrists) Beds
The center provides renal dialysis services for patients with acute and chronic renal insufficiencies, with regular and emergency medications. in addition, the center provides the required laboratory tests for patients in Tel-Refaat subdistrict and in some nearby villages.
Beds
7
3
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Inpatients
158
Outpatient consultations
174 24
Renal Dialysis Center in Tel-Refaat Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria
Staff
280
Psychosocial Support
165
10
Beneficiaries
Renal dialysis devices
7
Renal dialysis sessions
282
The Emergency Unit in Deir-Jamal Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria This medical point provides first-aid services to the inhabitants of Deir Jamal.
Beneficiaries
1,327
Examinations
1,327
% 55Males % 45Females
Staff
8
Dar Al Shifaa in Eastern Ghouta Rural Damascus, Syria In coordination with Zeid Ibn Thabet association, the hospital provides variety of services including emergency services, outpatient clinics in different specialties, reproductive health and different surgical specialties.
Beneficiaries
5,270
62
Beds
24
2,683
Reviews in emergency
1,249
Normal deliveries Caesarean section
87
Operations
34
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% 65 Females
Reviews in the external clinics
141 Staff
% 35 Males
Psychosocial Support and Child Protection Programmes The programmes enhance the ability of Syrian society to tolerate the negative impacts related to the Syrian crisis. In addition to support and improved quality of life for those in need of psychological aid to deal with psychological and social constraints resulting from the conflict. seven psychosocial support units were established inside Syria, in addition to one unit inside Suruj refugees camp in Turkey. Beneficiaries
14,556
Beneficiaries of educational social session
14,378
Beneficiaries of psychological guidance sessions
178
Prosthetics Center Kilis, Turkey The center manufactures upper and lower artificial limbs and orthotics devices. The beneficiaries receive training on how to use the limbs by qualified physiotherapists. Patients also receive psychosocial support by trained psychologists, and all logistic support including accommodation and transportation. Five Syrian volunteers currently receive training on all procedures and techniques of artificial limbs manufacturing by PAC specialized team in cooperation with Turkish company for artificial limbs.
Beneficiaries
Prosthetic limbs
Modified prosthetic limbs
Orthotics
Psychosocial support beneficiaries
Trainees
45 5
21
5
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33
11
5
Suruj Refugees Camp Clinics Suruj, Turkey PAC is providing health services in Suruj refugees camp. Our clinics include an internal medicine clinic for treatment of chronic diseases such as blood pressure and diabetes management. The clinics also include gynecology, pediatrics clinic, psychosocial support clinic in addition to breastfeeding support unit. Medical staff
15
Beneficiaries
8,388
Examinations
2,803
Mothers beneficiaries from IYCF
Psychosocial support beneficiaries
146
5,009
Children beneficiaries from IMCI
379
Training and Capacity Building Programmes Through the training department, we work on building not only the capacity of our staff inside and outside Syria, but also for the other partner organizations. Trainees
16
Basar Association Established as joint initiative between PAC and Syrian ophthalmologists. Basar currently conducts corneal transplantation project for Syrian patients to protect them from avoidable blindness. The project "Syria Children in Our Eyes" is a campaign to screen eye diseases for children in both camps and schools inside Syria. Cornea operations
Children who got free medication
Children examinations
Number of offered glasses
5
4,125
6
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237
147
Pediatrics & Nutrition Programs Department Integated Management of childhood Illnesses (IMCI) IMCI is an integrated approach to child health that focuses on the well-being of the whole child. IMCI aims to reduce death, illness and disability, and to promote improved growth and development among children under five years of age. IYCF: Infant and Young
IMCI: Integrated Management
N
N
Children Feeding
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of Childhood Illnesses
IYCF
IMCI
BeneďŹ ciaries
2,172
366
Number of trainings
0
0
Number of centers that implement it
9
1
June 2015 in numbers
Total beneficiaries this month
61,822
Normal deliveries
Outpatient clinic beneficiaries
Surgical operations
468
10,377
159
Caesarean section
Emergency clinic examinations
Cornea transplantion operations
95
2,859
5
Psychosocial support beneficiaries
Prosthetics and orthotics
Renal dialysis sessions
19,610
49
282
IMCI
8
Trainees
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
21
366
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IYCF Infant and Young Children Feeding
2,172
Highlights of Activities July 2015
Launching child protection activity "Let's Be With Themduring Eid al-Fitr" (feast) in Al-Tah Al-Tah, Idlib countryside, Syria
Keeping the environment clean by launching Green" campaign"
Al-Tah, Idlib countryside, Syria
Organising series of awareness sessions for married women at the pregnancy age about the importance of breastfeeding. Beneficiaries: 320
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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PAC's Dr. Moutaz al-Tellawy was killed by artillery bombardment
In the 25th of July 2015, Dr. Moutaz al-Tellawy of PAC's Specialised Central Hospital in Azaz was killed by artillery bombardment. Dr. Al-Tellawy was born in 1978 and graduated from Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University, he is married with 2 young children. He started working with PAC's medical relief mission in Syria in 15th of May 2014, started in Shammarin hospital then moved to the Specialised Central Hospital. After he finished his shift in the 25th of July, and while he was on the way to visit his relatives in Khan Shaikhoun, Idlib, he was targeted by artillery bombardment from the regime, he was severely injured and was evacuated to Bab al-Hawa hospital for treatment, then he died there.
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