(Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations) – An intense aerial bombing campaign over Eastern Aleppo, which started on September 22 and continued throughout the weekend, has left over 600 civilians dead and over 1,600 injured in the past week. Ground personnel report over 80 children have died and hundreds more are terribly maimed and wounded. “In the five years of this war we have never seen so much trauma and death in our hospitals.” Said Dr. Bakri M.- One of the last remaining Surgeons in Aleppo. Three of the four Syrian Civil Defense (The White Helmets) response centers have been attacked and one completely destroyed, reducing emergency response capacity by 50%. UOSSM doctors anticipate a surge in casualties/ injuries in the coming days from patients who were unreachable.
