Itta Helland-Hansen
Project coordinator in northwest Syria

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I was in
the MSF supported hospital,

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They've been working around the clock

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for the last few days,

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receiving 107 patients

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due to bullet wounds,
shrapnel and other violent trauma,

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including 13

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Now, we, as MSF,
are facilitating

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concrete capacity building
for the hospital staff

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to be as prepared as possible

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for these kind of

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But in a broader sense,

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the events of the last days
come at a time

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where instead of helping to build up
the healthcare system,

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facilities have been closed down

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from one day
to the next due to

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Here in Salqin
we co-manage a hospital

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with the local health authorities,

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and in the last month,
we have seen

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a more than 50% increase
in patients

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as a consequence.

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In the pediatric department,
it's even larger.

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It's the Syrian population
that are the victims

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of reduced access to healthcare.