PHYSICIANS ACROSS CONTINENTS TURKEY
PAC
MEDICAL RELIEF MISSION IN SYRIA
Monthly Bulletin Physicians Across Continents - Turkey May 2015
Training on nutritional survey for Syria children using SMART Methodology. Nizip, Turkey
Primary Healthcare The five Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCC) were stablished in 2014 (the sixth center had stopped operating due to security issues). PHC services provided according to the World Health Organization standards, through diagnosis and treatment of diseases, Health education services, monitoring children nutrition as well as reproductive health services. Medical staff
50
18%
26%
1,815
2,463
Talbisa Center
Darit Ezza Center (in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
Beneficiaries
10,071
18%
23%
2,808
1,493
El-Tah Center
El-Zirba Center
(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
16%
1,492 El-Janoudea Center (in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)
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
53
5
1
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Beneficiaries
1,964
Normal deliveries
131
Caesarean section
13
Neonatal admissions
59
Shamarin Surgical Hospital Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The hospital receives all varieties of civil and war injuries, surgical operations cover all disciplines including general, orthopedic, vascular, urological and reconstructive surgeries, in addition to the maxillofacial, ENT as well as ophthalmology surgeries.
Beneficiaries
4,498 2,366
Emergency consultations Surgical operations
94
Beds
23
2
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Operating rooms
3
%42 Females
Outpatient clinic consultations
2,132 Medical staff
%58 Males
232
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
47 (including 3 psychiatrists) Beds
Beneficiaries
250
Inpatients
154
Outpatient consultations
96
Psychosocial Support
165
132
Renal Dialysis Center in Tel-Refaat Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria The center provides renal dialysis services for patients with acute and chronic renal insufficiencies, with regular and emergency medications. Moreover, the center provides the required laboratory tests for patients in Tel-Refaat subdistrict and in some nearby villages. Staff
10
Beds
7
3
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Renal dialysis devices
7
Renal dialysis sessions
325
The Emergency Unit in Deir-Jamal Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria This medical point provides first-aid services to the inhabitants of Deir Jamal. Beneficiaries
1,397
% 61.5 Males % 38.5 Females
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.
Staff
62
Yatak say覺s覺
24
Beneficiaries
5,202
% 30 Males % 70 Females
Reviews in the external clinics
3,143
Reviews in emergency
1,041
Normal deliveries
93
Caesarean section
55
Operations
184
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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 improve quality of life for those who need psychological aid to deal with psychological and social constraints resulting from the conflict. 7 psychosocial support units were established inside Syria, in addition to one unit inside Suruj refugees camp in Turkey. Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries of educational social session
5,035
4,806
Trainees
Beneficiaries of psychological guidance sessions
19
229
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, the project also provides 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
62 5
5
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53
13
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 like blood pressure and diabetes management. The clinics also include gynecology, pediatrics clinic, psychosocial support clinic in addition to breastfeeding support unit. Medical staff
Examinations
13
4,949
Beneficiaries of educational social session
821
Beneficiaries of psychological guidance sessions
45
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
93
Training programmes
4
Basar Association Established as joint initiative between PAC and a group of Syrian ophthalmologists. Basar currently conducts corneal transplantation project for Syrian patients in need 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
5
Children examinations
3,500
6
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May 2015 in numbers
Total beneficiaries this month
37,315
Normal deliveries
Outpatient clinic beneficiaries
Surgical operations
224
5,509
216
Caesarean section
Emergency clinic examinations
Cornea transplantion operations
68
3,173
5
Psychosocial support beneficiaries
Prosthetics and orthotics
Renal dialysis sessions
5,167
60
325
Trainees
93
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Highlights of Activities April 2015
Training on Mental Health Gap (mhGAP) Kilis, Turkey
Participation in 2 trainings on the evaluation of education in Syria Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing
Launching "Syria Children in Our Eyes" campaign to screen for children eye diseases Along the Syrian-Turkish border
8
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Highlights of Activities May 2015
Training on nutritional survey for Syria children using SMART Methodology. Kilis and Nizip, Turkey
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