Daraa- Halim Muhammad
The attending physician requested 100 thousand pounds of Syrian pounds ($ 30) per age, according to what Maryam told Enab Baladi, as the cost of its manufacture is 70 thousand, to which 30 thousand pounds are added to the cost of treatment.
Maryam needs to treat six teeth at a cost of 600,000 Syrian pounds ($ 185), which is an amount that exceeds her financial capacity, preferred to bear the pain to pay this amount, according to what she added.
As Maryam, Abdel Karim, an employee of the Irrigation Directorate from Daraa residents, cannot bear the cost of treatment from his monthly salary, and therefore he is waiting for a transfer from his expatriate son to repair his teeth..
The treatment of one age costs the salary of an employee for two months, according to what Abdel Karim said to Enab Baladi, and the doctor wants the full amount before completing the treatment, so he is waiting for a transfer from his son to treat eight teeth.
The dollar controls the fee of treatment
The costs of dental treatment in Daraa have increased in conjunction with low wages and a low standard of living, and the dental industry is linked to dollar fluctuations to import their initial materials.
Dental manufacturing laboratory in Daraa (he asked not to be named for security reasons), explained to Enab Baladi that the cost of the dental industry rises and decreases affected by the fluctuations of the dollar, because the raw materials in their industry are imported, in addition to the high prices of manufacturing and wage equipment and others.
He said that the price of the tooth varies according to the material made of it, as the price of "zircon" is 100 thousand Syrian pounds, while the cost of "ceramics" is 70 thousand, and the cultivation of one age costs 250 dollars..
The high costs of treating tooth treatment and do not adhere to the doctors with a regular pricing, prompted the captain of the doctors in Syria, Zakaria Al -Basha, in an interview with the local "Al -Watan" journalist, on December 28, 2020, to demand the organization of a contract between the patient and the doctor in order to ensure that there is no injustice to either side.
This contract shall regulate the wage, and through it the patient can file a judicial complaint in the event that the doctor violates the arrogant contract.
Al -Basha said that a uniform identification of the dental industry cannot be placed due to the different type of materials that are prepared from them, but it is possible to put an end to the wages of the doctor's work in treatment only.
Fear of infection with "Corona"
In addition to the high costs, the outbreak of the "Corona, the new Corona" (Kofid-19) affected the residents' appetite for treatment for fear of the transmission of infection in medical clinics..
Therefore, Nabil (38 years old), a resident of the western countryside of Daraa, is afraid of visiting the doctor, despite selling a hurry from his livestock that he raises to treat his teeth, according to what he said to Enab Baladi.
"Despite securing the amount of treatment, I fear the transmission of the Corona virus, so I postponed the treatment for a period of about five months," Nabil added..
In each dentist clinic there is a thermal sterilization device and multiple sets of treatment tools, but the fear of the transmission of the virus from the devices that are not sterile, or from the doctor, remains, so doctors are keen to wear a muzzle, sterilize the treatment chair and soak some tools with a chemical solution.
Doctor Muhammad Al -Muhammad, one of the doctors working in the city of Daraa, explained to Enab Baladi that one of the foundations of prevention is sterilization, wearing a muzzle, and the lack of a large number of auditors in the waiting room.
The application of these procedures is the responsibility of the doctor or the clinic staff, according to the doctor, who explained that it is also possible that the pandemic may also transfer from the auditors to the doctor or vice versa.
In the event of symptoms of coughing, weakness, high temperature and shortness of breath, self -stones must be taken as an initial method and a specialist review immediately.
The number of injuries to the "Corona" virus in Daraa Governorate reached 1320 injuries, of which 1,200 people were cured, while 64 died, according to the data of the Ministry of Health in the Syrian regime government, until the date of June 24th..