HASAKA, Syria — A 103-year-old woman from Deir ez-Zor has recovered from coronavirus after ten days in hospital.
Hospital staff applauded as she was discharged from hospital in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava) on Saturday.
From the town of al-Mayadin in Deir ez-Zor, Hacir Mohammed al-Henuna lives in the Areesha camp in Hasaka.
"I had a fever. I felt dizzy and fainted. I went to the hospital with my son. I was hospitalized and given medication, and now I'm back," she told Rudaw.
Hasaka's COVID-19 hospital, which has 60 beds, is currently treating 43 people confirmed to have coronavirus, said hospital director Hozan Ismael.
"We do not have enough oxygen. Each patient needs four to five oxygen tanks. There is a limited number of oxygen tanks in Hasaka, because there is only one plant making them. They cannot keep up, they are overwhelmed by demand."
Kurdish health authorities in Rojava have recently made an urgent call for help to international organizations as they continue to battle COVID-19, hitting out at the World Health Organization (WHO) for not doing enough to get vaccines to the autonomous area.
“We have reached a really dangerous stage. The situation is leading to a catastrophe in northeast Syria. The number of cases is increasing and we are unable to stop this,” Jwan Mustafa, the co-chair of Rojava’s health board, told reporters last week.
Translation by Zhelwan Z Wali
Video editing by Mehmed Alsafar
