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Monthly BulletinPhysicians Across Continents - TurkeyJuly 2015

Photo: during child protection activities in Suruc refugees campSuruc, Turkey - July 2015

PHYSICIANS ACROSS CONTINENTS TURKEYMEDICAL RELIEF MISSION IN SYRIA

PAC

Operating rooms1

Beds 17

Monthly BulletinJuly 2015 1

Primary HealthcareThe �ve 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.

Specialized Hospitals

Mother and child hospital in Tel RefaatAleppo Northern Countryside, Syria

The hospital provides maternal and child health services including a neonatal unit.

Bene�ciaries728

Normal deliveries127

Caesarean section8

Neonatal admissions7

Bene�ciaries20,831

20%4,371

Darit Ezza Center

6%1,287

El-Zirba Center

18%3,561

El-Janoudea Center

24%4,932

28%5,952

El-Tah Center

Talbisah Center

(in cooperation with Qatar Red Crescent)




Neonatal beds 5

Medical staff50

Medical staff45

4%728

Maternal and Child Health CenterTel Refaat

%64 Females

%36 Males

Shamarin Surgical HospitalAleppo 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 maxil-lofacial, ENT and ophthalmology surgeries.

Bene�ciaries506

Outpatient clinic consultations500Emergency consultations 6Surgical operations36

Medical staff92

Operating rooms3

Beds 22


Mental Health Hospital in AzazAleppo Northern Countryside, Syria

The inpatient department in the hospital provides diagnostic and therapeutic services, besides outpa-tient consultation services.

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.

Specialized Central Hospital (previously Azaz National Hospital)Aleppo Northern Countryside, Syria

Bene�ciaries280

Sta�48 (including 3 psychiatrists)

Renal dialysis sessions282

Inpatients158

Outpatient consultations174Psychosocial Support24

Renal Dialysis Center in Tel-RefaatAleppo Northern Countryside, Syria

The center provides renal dialysis services for patients with acute and chronic renal insu�ciencies, 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.

Sta�10

Beds 7

Beds 165

Sta�191

Beds 131

Renal dialysis devices7

Operations89

Reviews in the external clinics 1,323Reviews in emergency 1,604


This medical point provides �rst-aid services to the inhabitants of Deir Jamal.

In coordination with Zeid Ibn Thabet associa-tion, the hospital provides variety of services including emergency services, outpatient clinics in di�erent specialties, reproductive health and di�erent surgical specialties.

The Emergency Unit in Deir-JamalAleppo Northern Countryside, Syria

Dar Al Shifaa in Eastern GhoutaRural Damascus, Syria

Sta�8

Sta�62

Bene�ciaries 5,270

Bene�ciaries 1,327

Examinations 1,327

Operations34

Reviews in the external clinics 2,683Reviews in emergency 1,249Normal deliveries141Caesarean section 87


% 45Females

% 55Males

Beds24

% 65 Females

% 35 Males

215

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 con�ict.seven psychosocial support units were established inside Syria, in addition to one unit inside Suruj refugees camp in Turkey.

Prosthetics Center Kilis, TurkeyThe center manufactures upper and lower arti�cial limbs and orthotics devices. The bene�ciaries receive training on how to use the limbs by quali�ed physio-therapists. 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 arti�cial limbs manufacturing by PAC specialized team in coopera-tion with Turkish company for arti�cial limbs.

Bene�ciaries14,556

Bene�ciaries of psychological guidance sessions178

Bene�ciaries of educational social session14,378

Bene�ciaries

Psychosocial support bene�ciaries

Trainees

45Prosthetic limbs33

Modi�ed prosthetic limbs 5

Orthotics11


Suruj Refugees Camp ClinicsSuruj, TurkeyPAC is providing health services in Suruj refugees camp. Our clinics include an internal medi-cine 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.

Examinations 2,803

Children examinations4,125

Training and Capacity Building ProgrammesThrough the training department, we work on building not only the capacity of our sta� inside and outside Syria, but also for the other partner organizations.

Trainees 16

Basar AssociationEstablished 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 5

Medical sta�15


Psychosocial support bene�ciaries5,009

Children who got free medication237

Number of o�ered glasses147

Bene�ciaries8,388

Mothers bene�ciaries from IYCF146

Children bene�ciariesfrom IMCI379


3662,172

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Number of trainings

Beneficiaries

Number of centersthat implement it

IYCF IMCI

Pediatrics & Nutrition Programs DepartmentIntegated 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 �ve years of age.

Infant and YoungChildren Feeding

IYCF: N

Integrated Managementof Childhood Illnesses

IMCI: N

IYCF

June 2015 in numbers

Total bene�ciaries this month

61,822

Surgical operations

159

Renal dialysis sessions

282

Cornea transplantionoperations

5

Outpatient clinic bene�ciaries

10,377 Emergency clinic

examinations

2,859

Normal deliveries

468Caesarean

section

95

Prosthetics andorthotics

49

Trainees

21

Psychosocial supportbene�ciaries

19,610


Integrated Managementof Childhood Illnesses

366 2,172

IMCIInfant and YoungChildren Feeding

Launching child protection activity"Let's Be With Themduring Eid al-Fitr"feast) in Al-Tah (

Keeping the environment clean by launching Green" campaign"

Al-Tah, Idlib countryside, Syria

Al-Tah, Idlib countryside, Syria

Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Highlights of Activities July 2015


Organising series of awareness sessions for married women at the pregnancy age about the importance of breastfeeding.

Beneficiaries: 320

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 �nished 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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