QRCS officials meeting in Bangladesh.
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has sent a medical team to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to conduct the 11th version of its annual programme of cardiac catheterisation intervention for poor children with congenital heart problems.
At a cost of QR 501,600, the one-week visit to Bangladesh would see the treatment of around 45 cases, out of 66 cases previously shortlisted in cooperation with Kuwait Joint Relief Committee (KJRC).
The medical team comprised Dr Mohamed Noaman Paediatric Cardiology Consultant at St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA; Dr. Mahmoud Al-Soufi, Pediatric Cardiology Consultant at Dubai Hospital, UAE; and Abdullah Ashkenani, Senior Cardiovascular Technician at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).
Upon arrival, the delegation was received by officials from the Embassy of Qatar and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), where the operations will be performed. Ahmed M Al-Dehaimi, Qatar Ambassador in Dhaka, gave instructions to secure all facilitations for the delegation.
This morning, the delegation went to NICVD, 25-km away from Dhaka, and held a meeting with Associated Prof. Dr. ABM Abdus-Salam, Head of Pediatric Cardiology Department, who welcomed the guests and thanked them for this noble effort from QRCS and the State of Qatar for the benefit of ill kids in Bangladesh.
QRCS doctors checked all arrangements, medical equipment, and facilities. A special operating room was fully prepared, just in case of a surgical contingency.
On the first day, 16 kids were subject to physical examination, and eight of them (ranging 1.5-12 years of age) were successfully catheterized in the heart.
Over its history since 2004, QRCS's cardiac catheterisation program has covered the treatment of 300 children in Sudan, Syria, Gaza, Mauritania, Morocco, and Jordan.
