Earthquake-damaged hospitals in Syria - in pictures

Medical personnel risked their own lives as they stayed to look after patients while buildings shook around them

Hospitals in north-western Syria have been badly damaged by the February 6 double earthquake. All photos by Moawia Atrash for The National

Ahmed Al Hamoud, a maintenance worker at Sham Children's Hospital in Sarmada, Idlib province, said patients had to be moved from some badly damaged rooms

Dr Omar Al Ali looks at the cracks in the walls of the hospital

Mr Hamoud moves medical equipment from damaged rooms

Hospital director Abdul Rahman Hallaq said parts of the hospital had to be vacated

Dr Al Ali said physicians risked their own lives as they stayed to look after their patients as the buildings shook

An electric heater hangs from a cracked wall

Dr Al Ali claims Syria's doctors have had no help since the quake

He said the hospital continued to work at maximum capacity

The main door of the maternity hospital of the Syrian American Medical Association in the town of Dana, which was closed due to severe damage

The deserted hospital in Al Dana after the quake

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