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Syrian cancer patients, collateral victims of the earthquake

Faced with the shortcomings of the health system in northwestern Syria, patients with advanced cancer were referred to Turkish hospitals. But they have been abandoned since Feb. 6.

Syrian cancer patients, collateral victims of the earthquake

A cancer patient receiving treatment at a hospital in Idlib. (Credit: Abdel Majid el-Karh)

It became a habit to go back and forth. Since August 2022, Hamza Saadeddin, a 10 year old resident of Syria’s Idlib province, has traveled to Antakya 17 times for chemotherapy sessions.But his treatment was put on hold on Feb. 6. The earthquake...
It became a habit to go back and forth. Since August 2022, Hamza Saadeddin, a 10 year old resident of Syria’s Idlib province, has traveled to Antakya 17 times for chemotherapy sessions.But his treatment was put on hold on Feb. 6. The earthquake...