Home accidents are as frequent in Syria as anywhere else
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Nemeh, G, photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Bandages Emergency Medical Services Child World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A man is holding a child with bandages on her left arm, leg, and on the left side of her forehead. Verso: WHO/11404. Romania-Health Services. The pulse of Romania. 3,000 kilomters across the plains, highlands ans calleys of Romania - such was the two-week trip taken by J.V. Hanevy, the Editor of World Health. The journey was arranged jointly by the Foreign Ministry of the Romanian People's Republic and the Ministry of Public Health and Welfare. Romanian doctors like to show the visitor the modern equipment of their hospitals ans instittutes. The radioactive isotope section in the Bucharest Cancer Institute. Verso: WHO/16267-16268-16269. EMRO. Health-Services. Syria. In Syria, anyone with a monthly income of under 200 syrian pounds (about us$46) is entitled to free medical care. The importation of pharmaceutical products is a Government monopoly. Pharmacists are supplied by the authorities, who restrict profit margins to a maximum of 10 per cent. Aleppo has a total of 248 doctors, 91 of whom work in the public health services. There services also employ four dentists, five pharmacists, 32 midwives, 172 nurses, 28 social workers, six laboratory technicians and 17 other technicians. Seven of the 28 hospitals are attached to the public health services, and each provides a different type of care. Home accidents are as frequent in Syria as anywhere else. This child fell four metres from a window (16267). Road accidents are also on the increase (16268). The hospital has an efficiency emergency service, including an ambulance that can be summoned by telephone (16269).
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- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20160106
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437365 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A014113
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437365