23/03/1994 | Voices from the Drina

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🧵 Previously forgotten diseases are inundating Srebrenica due to the inhumane conditions we are living in.

We have many cases of tuberculosis, not to mention skin conditions such as lice, scabies and so on. These skin conditions are everyday occurrences and sometimes we healthcare professionals get infested; it’s unavoidable given that we have barely any water in Srebrenica.

Since the reservoir the town gets its water supply from is located outside the town, in Zeleni Jadar, a village that has been under Serb control from the beginning of the war, we are not sure if the water is safe to use.

We have doubts over whether it has been polluted; we even think it might have been poisoned, so we stopped using it long before the water supply was shut off.

There is in no way enough water, clothes, medicinal or hygiene supplies in Srebrenica. We are still relying on the springs for water.