At least twenty-seven people died Thursday after Assad forces bombed a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
“This hospital is providing the only medical care in that neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhood, for (an) almost 300,000 to 400,000 population.”
Dr. Mohammad Saleh knows the situation first hand. Despite having practiced in West Michigan for 23 years, he volunteers with Syrian-American Medical Society (or SAMS), which three years ago, took him to Al Quds hospital in Aleppo.
“Three of us spent most of our time in that specific hospital which was bombed yesterday.”
Not only were all the reported casualties civilians, but the scarce medical staff there suffered losses also .
“I heard also that the only pediatrician in town was killed yesterday, so that’s very heartbreaking.”
Dr. Saleh, who was born in Syria, says he thinks there are things the US and UN could do to curtail civilian deaths.
“Arrange for a no-fly zone in that area to protect the civilians from all this shelling that’s unjustified.”
As for what folks can do to support innocent victims of the Syrian war, he suggests giving to the Syrian-American Medical Society at www.sams-usa.net.
