Reference :
V-P-SY-E-00907
Date :
21/06/2019
Caption :
North East Syria, Al Hassakeh Governorate, Al Hol camp for internally displaced persons, field hospital. An ICRC surgeon.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
He performed surgery on a young boy who suffers from a fracture of the leg. «The last x-ray pictures of the leg look good and we hope that within six weeks we can remove the cast and he can be able to start walking again. Without this surgery I think it would have been almost impossible for him to walk. Maybe not completely impossible, but at least he would have been walking with a major limp », he said.
The field hospital is joint initiative between the ICRC, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Norwegian Red Cross, aimed at providing medical care for some of the most vulnerable people living in the camp. The hospital is providing life saving surgical assistance to people who are in desperate need of medical attention. The situation in Al-Hol camp is overwhelming and dire. Since December 2018, more than 63,000 people have arrived in the camp. Today, about 74,000 people live in the camp. Around 90 percent of those living in the camp are women and children; an estimated two-thirds are children. The medical needs remains huge, including mother and child attention, surgery, mental health and physical rehabilitation. A particular concern is the large number of weapon-wounded patients who have limited access to surgical and post-surgical care.
Resolution :
5760x3840
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
