The voices of crying children began to be heard by the doctor in charge of many of them while checking up on them. The doctor placed a medical headset on the chest of a child while a group of newborns slept in transparent incubators in the second room.
A few years ago, the nursery section of al-Ehsan Hospital in Saraqib town in northern Idlib province, east of Idlib province consisted of three incubators that only received preterm infants. Child patients could not be admitted as children because there were no special rooms in the hospital.
Today, this necessary section is a separate section of the hospital. In an interview with Eqtsad, Dr. Hassan Jaroud said that the section he supervises includes 9 incubators and 3 submarines for children with jaundice, in addition to 5 rooms with beds for 20 children.
"The absence of nursery section in Saraqib was bothering me and making me feel bad despite the difficulties and warplanes campaigns on the city," Hassan Jaroud said, as his eyes were in deep pain. "My determination was growing day by day to build a separate nursery section that meets the needs of Saraqib and its countryside, but we did not have financial support and a safe, air-conditioned place."
"Of course we started a voluntary activity to equip some rooms for the children's section, but one day a young man came and donated two incubators and that was the beginning."
Dr. Hassan Jaroud thanked the young donor on Facebook and that is how other young expatriates started donating. The donations reached 8000$ during two weeks.
The officials have rehabilitated a five-room apartment, a whale of an ambulance room, two reception rooms for children, incubator room and a nursing room. Jaroud says they are waiting for launch of - care unit, a child-specific ventilator and two dispensers for children and adults in the coming period.
Patients receive free treatment at al-Ehsan Hospital. The hospital includes all surgical and internal specialties, as well as a nursing staff and a large staff and 18 doctors from all specialties.
Over the three weeks of its opening, the nursery department has received dozens of cases.
Ahmed, aged 5, was injured in the village of Aqrab in Saraqib. When he was transferred to al-Ehsan Hospital, the doctors in charge managed to treat him.
