Damascus-SANA
The Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims of the sinking of a boat off Tartous has risen to 34, while 20 people are receiving treatment at the General Authority of Al-Basel Hospital in Tartous, according to an incomplete outcome.
The ministry stated in a statement published on its official channel on Telegram that all necessary treatment services are being provided to the injured and that the health cadres in the governorate are in a state of full alert, especially in the ambulance and emergency system and the General Authority of Al-Basel Hospital.
The ministry added that oxygen support is also provided to most of the injured, and some of them have been transferred to the intensive care department, and each patient is treated according to his injury.
In a previous statement to SANA, the Director General of Sea Ports, Brigadier General Samer Kobaresli, said, "Our cadres are now working with all their efforts to save a marine boat, in a location opposite the Al-Mentar area, opposite Arwad, and several sites on the Tartous beach."
Brigadier-General Kobaresli indicated that, according to (the survivors' statements): "The boat has departed from Lebanon in the Miniyeh area since last Tuesday with the intention of emigrating and holds several nationalities."
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