Over 1,500 Iranian women, children injured in strikes
The head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Organization said that among those who have been injured by the US-Israeli air strikes on the country, 1,044 are women, 584 are under 18 years old, and 54 are under five.
Regarding fatalities, Jafar Miadfar stated that 190 of the deceased were under 18, and six were under five. Among the total number of recorded fatalities, 198 were women, none of whom had any connection to military activities.
Miadfar noted that the youngest victim was an eight-month-old girl, while the oldest was an 88-year-old man.
He added that the health sector itself has also suffered damages: about 11 emergency stations and two healthcare centers have been damaged, 12 ambulances have been severely damaged, and 19 hospitals have sustained minor to severe destruction.
Referring to casualties among medical personnel, he reported that unfortunately, around 11 healthcare workers have been martyred, three of whom were pre-hospital emergency staff killed in the line of duty.
Furthermore, around 33 health workers were injured in the incidents, several of whom remain hospitalized and under treatment.
Despite all of this, Miadfar assured that various sectors of Iran’s health system have been fully mobilized. “From health centers and emergency stations to hospitals and pharmaceutical facilities, all parts of the health sector have been on duty since the first day of the Zionist-American war, making every effort to provide services to the public,” he concluded.