Syrian Ministry of Health Statement
The Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic has the honour to convey a statement by the Ministry of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic on the seditious broadcasts on Syria by the Aljazeera Channel, together with other partner channels and the media.
The above mentioned media, in particular on 16th March, 2012, broadcasted false news that security forces broke into the national hospital in Al-Rakka, Syria and arrested a number of the wounded who were transferred there.
The Ministry of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic confirms that the news is not just false but it is falsification of the facts and a complete fabrication of the truth and the goal of the Aljazeera Channel in doing so, is to stir the feelings of the Syrian citizens and incite them against the service sectors in Syria, including the health sector and thus depriving them of their right to free medical services, in particular the utilisation of ambulances.
The Syrian Health Ministry is surprised by the persistence of the said media in spreading the lies, in spite of the ability to refute them and expose the truth to all. The Ministry calls on all health and humanitarian international organizations to condemn these immoral and cynical methods which a number of foreign media and misleading channels insist on using to deviate from the truth in all aspects of health issues, despite repeated appeals to leave the sector from the schemes of foreign policy without discrimination and interference whatsoever as it serves basic life-saving for all.
The Syrian Health Ministry also confirms that the said hospital, as with all hospitals in the provinces, is constant in providing its medical and ambulance services 24hours to all citizens.
On this particular occasion, the Health Ministry of the Syrian Arab Republic calls on all International Organizations working on health and humanitarian affairs in Syria to provide proof of the false news and slander which the regional inflammatory media channels have broadcasted.
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