(Eqtsad)- The head of the Damascus Dentists Syndicate revealed that the number of registered doctors in the union branch is 4,000 doctors, 800 of whom are outside Syria, and 1,000 doctors are residents of postgraduate studies or residents of the military and police medical services, and the number of doctors who practice the profession is 2,500 doctors.
Dr. Ghassan Makhoul told the Athr Press website that he signs more than 5 certificates of good standing and conduct required for the purpose of traveling to Germany and the Arabian Gulf every day, considering that opening a clinic requires huge sums of money, so the graduate has no choice but to travel.
Dr. Makhoul stated that the average cost of tooth extraction amounts to 100,000 pounds, and if it is necessary to perform surgery to extract it, the cost reaches 400,000 pounds.
As for nerve extraction, it costs 200-250 thousand for the front teeth and 300,000 for the premolars and molars 400,000 to 500,000 pounds.
As for teeth cleaning, it starts at 50,000, and the cost increases the longer the treatment sessions are, and may reach 200,000, while an x-ray costs 100,000.
The Syrian economy has been devastated by war and witnessed massive destruction of infrastructure worth USD 120 billion as the UN estimates, the rebuilding of war-torn Syria would need around USD 250-400 billion.
The regime-controlled areas suffer from a stark rise in the prices of basic materials and food commodities, amid government promises to fight monopoly.
The Syrian revolution that turned into a bloody conflict has claimed 500,000 lives and has displaced 13,2 million people since it erupted in March 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-regime protests.
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