Hundreds of Palestinian refugees started returning to their devastated homes in Yarmouk Camp in Syria’s Damascus after years of displacement due to the 2012-2018 armed conflict.
Six years were enough to turn the wide space of the camp established in 1957 to accommodate Palestinians who fled their country into rubble.
Even though the rehabilitation work is going on in the camp local residents managed over the past few days to re-open Raja’ Abu Amasha clinic to provide locals with necessary medical services.
Rehabilitation work at Yarmouk Martyrs’ Dispensary is also still going on in the refugee camp.
Director of Public Relations at the Yarmouk Martyrs’ Dispensary Issa Al-Loubani pointed out that more than a thousand families are currently living in the refugee camp.
The clinic provides treatment and medicines for its visitors for free he said.
Two doctors and two nurses are currently working in the clinic he added in addition to an administrative staff who supply the camp with the necessary medicine and equipment.
The clinic is also working to provide psychological support in cooperation with some associations according to his statements.
Al-Loubani explained that the medical team at the Yarmouk Martyrs’ Clinic is struggling to alleviate the patients’ suffering using only six oxygen cylinders some medicines and an ambulance that works around the clock.
He further called on UNRWA to restore its health facilities and medical centers in the camp and resume its work.
