This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: Battle for Aleppo
'Hundreds' of medical evacuations needed from Aleppo
29 September 2016 15:54 BST
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, the UN deputy envoy for Syria, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, told reporters in Geneva, that "hundreds" needed medical evacuation from rebel-controlled East Aleppo.
At the press conference he said: "Utmost on our mind is the need to address the very concerning medical situation" in the east of Aleppo.
Ramzy also said that enough food aid is left for a quarter of the city's population.