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The WHO on Friday said many health institutes, including hospitals and pharma centres have been heavily damaged in strikes. The Pasteur Institute in Tehran had been heavily damaged in a strike, the WHO chief said. 

In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Pasteur Institute in Iran sustained significant damage and was rendered unable to continue delivering health services. 

“The Institute was established in 1920 and has been operating for over a century in multiple areas of medical research. It plays an important role in protecting and promoting population health, including in emergencies. Two of its departments have been working with as collaborating centres,” his post read. 

The Delaram Sina Psychiatric Hospital and the Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical facility also sustained damages, Dr. Ghebreyesus said. 

The Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical facility produced medicines for treating cancer and multiple sclerosis. 

“Since 1 March, WHO has verified over 20 attacks on health care in Iran, resulting in at least nine deaths, including that of an infectious diseases health worker and a member of the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Attacks on health have also been recorded outside Tehran, including on 21 March, when an explosion nearby Imam Ali Hospital in Andimeshk, Khuzestan province, led to the facility’s evacuation and cessation of services. The conflict in Iran, and the region, is impacting the delivery of health services and the safety of health workers, patients, and civilians present at health facilities. Peace is the best medicine,” his post further read.