The humanitarian and health situation in Aleppo has reached critical levelsAugust 5, 2016 – Dr. Hatem Abu Yazan, General Manager of the Specialized Hospital for children of Al Shaa’ar in the eastern city of Aleppo, was in service in the neonatal section of the hospital on the first floor when he felt the sound of an air attack. It was a sound that he was used to and wore his stethoscope that attenuated the noise. He did not pay much attention until he saw the doors imploded inwards and the windows shattered. Together with an nurse and another doctor, he raised 9 children from their incubators and brought them to the basement, where he knew they would be safer. “We waited for 10 minutes to settle the attack, and then we went back to bring the incubators to the basement, so that they were not at risk in case of another attack.
A few days earlier, dr. Abu Yazan had supervised 2 premature children of 6 days in intensive care when he had been told that a third child in critical conditions had been admitted. “The hospital was only 2 units of intensive care working, so I had to make a decision,” he said. “I removed one of the children – that