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Monitoring Violence Against Health Care - January 2018 Summary Report

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During January 2018, 31 incidents of violence against health care were reported.

Of these, 28 have been verified and three are still being verified. Among the verified attacks, 12 incidents were reported on hospitals. The location of the attacks is, seven in Idleb, three in Hama, and one incident in each of governorate of Rural Damascus and Aleppo. One of the hospital attacked is mental specialized hospital in Aleppo (Azaz), resulted in killing of one patient and injuring twelve.

Nine incidents were reported on primary health centers, of them six in Idleb, two in Rural Damascus, and one in Aleppo governorate.

Blood bank was targeted in Idleb(Saraqeb), resulted in the infrastructure and equipment damages.
Three other incidents were reported in Idleb on ambulatory system and rst aid point resulted, in killing of three health workers.

Collectively veried attacks resulted in at least the killing of 33 people and injuring of 92 people. Of them four health workers were killed and 19 were injured.