DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) is continuing efforts to support the health sector in Yemen through a project funded by General Directorate of Endowments (Awqaf) at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs.
The QR125,000 project will provide cerebrospinal fluid collection machines to needy patients to reduce mortality rate from hydrocephalus, mitigate its complications, improve patients’ well-being to enable them to live normally, help poor families with hydrocephalic members, and promote solidarity and compassion in society.
Launched last October in capital Sana’a, the project involved purchase of 175 machines after negotiations with the supplier to reduce prices by 22 percent.
So far, 117 machines have been delivered to patients. Distribution continues based on reports from doctors or host hospitals.
Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Secretary-General, QRC, thanked the general directorate for donation and said, “The project had originally been planned to end earlier, but due to the escalation in the crisis in Yemen and resulting insecurity and lack of fuel, we could not reach many patients to give them machines and have them undergo surgeries.
Some 58 machines are to be delivered upon requests.”
QRC has intervened to relieve the Yemeni people amid clashes, which have affected 16 million people.
It is undertaking a QR7.3m programme including medicines and medical consumables for hospitals for surgeries for patients and injured, food assistance, rehabilitation of water projects and public hygiene and garbage collection programmes.
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