Disease spreads as Syria casualties and drug shortages grow: WHO

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Disease spreads as Syria casualties and drug shortages grow: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - Dirty water diseases are spreading in Syria, compounding the problems of hospitals that are perilously short of medicine and doctors after nearly two years of fighting, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The Health Ministry has run out of trauma treatments made in factories in rebel areas to help the increasing numbers of burns victims and wounded civilians in intensive care units, it said. That is assuming patients can reach treatment in the first place. ...

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