For Immediate Release
January 8, 2016

The report charts the deaths of 31 civilians in Madaya during December 2015 from starvation, landmine injuries, and sniper injuries, and gives an overview of the one medical clinic in Madaya. The clinic sees around 300 patients a day, over half of them children under the age of 10, with the majority exhibiting malnourishment and symptoms of protein impairment diseases. There is severe shortage of medical supplies in the clinic and no specialized surgeons, baby milk, vaccinations, antibiotics, anesthesia medications, or oxygen.

Dr. Khaled, a medical practitioner in Madaya, said, “What is needed is international pressure to unlock this siege on Madaya and allow in humanitarian assistance and open a humanitarian path to move out the patients to be treated in central hospitals. Through this siege we have exhausted all supplies in the hospital, from medicine to daily necessities.”
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