THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and Red Cross called on Tuesday for dozens of sick and wounded people in the embattled eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo to be evacuated through safe corridors for treatment.The Syrian military, helped by Iranian-backed Shi ite militias and the Russian air force, launched a campaign to take rebel-held eastern Aleppo last week, where the WHO said only 35 doctors remained to care for more than 250,000 people.Syrian progovernment forces attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet in a campaign that has destroyed a US-backed ceasefire."WHO is calling for the immediate establishment of humanitarian routes to evacuate sick and wounded from the eastern part of the city," spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said.Only seven hospitals remained in east Aleppo, some of them only partially functional, and hundreds of wounded were trapped in the encircled city, she said.WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic sa...
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