Oncology Center: Number of Patients with Cancer, Especially Children, Increases Due to war

Director of medical supply at the National Oncology Center, Dr. Ali Al-Mansour, confirmed that the number of cancer patients, especially children, is increasing due to the US-Saudi war and the siege, blaming the United Nations for these deaths.

Al-Mansour said in a statement that the center is dispensing chemical drugs to many centers in the governorates, noting that the center was unable to cover its needs and transporting drugs at a certain temperature to ensure their effectiveness.

He added that the number of deaths of children with cancer is increasing, blaming the United Nations for these deaths, calling on it to put pressure on coalition.

For his part, Director of the Department of Pediatric oncology at the center, Dr. Hamoud Haddish, told Almasirah that the center receives in its departments a large number of new and old cases. Most cases come in advanced stages of cancer as a result of the country conditions and the inability of their families to reach the center. He added that some cases die before even reaching the center.

He confirmed that the siege made many families suffer from difficulty in obtaining medicines that the center does not have. He noted that the department suffers from an acute shortage of medicines, forcing families to search for them effortlessly.

The director of the pediatric department stressed that the international community should recognize the suffering of patients, their families and their health centers unless the coming disaster is great.