The hundreds of thousands of Afrin people who were forcibly displaced by the invading Turkish army and its mercenary allies are now enduring serious problems in the Shehba region, where they moved to.

People live in camps and precarious shelters and they are facing shortages of clean water, food, medicine and basic needs. The international aid organisations are not shining for their presence and indeed there is a serious problem in the health situation as health institutions in the region are inadequate.

Heyva Sor a Kurd director, Emar Mihemed, said that some 2,800 people have diabetes but diabetes drugs are limited and urgently needed, in order to secure that the patients will be properly looked after.

Eslan Horik Heyder, a citizen of the Uga village of Bilbile, who was diagnosed with diabetes around a year and a half ago, was forced to have is leg cut in the camp because of the lack of proper treatment.

Heart and Internal Medicine doctor Ebdilkadir Hesko said: "We are trying to continue the work we were doing in Avrin Hospital (in Afrin) here in Shebha. But we are really working under very hard conditions and with very little supplies. Diabetes medicines are some of those lacking".

Among the other problems currently faced by Afrin people in Shebha, the doctors have reported a surge in skin diseases, says a report in Anha News Agency. Hundreds of people are seeking help with doctors in the camp but  Heyva Sor a Kurd said that they can hardly cope with such a demand. 

The doctors are worried that new diseases could quickly spread in the camp and among the people, given the very precarious conditions they are forced to live in. 

Avrîn Hospital Manager Cîhan Ebdo and Heyva Sor a Kurd Manager Emar Mihemed, reiterated their call to international health institutions for urgent help.