Damascus, Aug. 21 (SANA) Head of Association of Victims of Chemical Weapons and former head of the Unified Medical Office of Eastern Ghouta, Dr. Salim Namour, said 1,466 people who died from sarin gas poisoning were documented during the 2013 chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta, while around 10,000 injured people were rescued.
In a press statement published Friday by the Damascus Countryside Media Directorate on its Telegram channel, Namour said the figures and documentation were submitted to the international investigation commission two days after the attack.
He explained that the healthcare sector at the time operated under the Unified Medical Office of Eastern Ghouta and mobilized all available resources to respond to the catastrophe, which he described as one that could never be forgotten.
The Directorate said 85 people were documented killed and 2,800 others injured in Moadamiyeh as a result of the chemical attack carried out by the ousted regime against the town and other areas in the Damascus Ghoutas.
On Aug. 21, 2013, the ousted regime carried out a chemical attack using internationally prohibited sarin gas against Eastern and Western Ghouta, killing and injuring thousands of civilians.
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