Health workers and patients between life and death in eastern Aleppo
With less than 30 doctors available for more than 270 000 people in eastern Aleppo, few patients get the medical care they need. Since 23 September, 4 children have died to lack of functioning mechanical ventilators, and hospital staff are forced to perform manual ventilation onothers in an effort to keep them alive. All 16 intensive care units in eastern Aleppo are now occupied, leaving little chance of survival for new patients.