Doha: The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) office in Yemen procured new medical equipment for a medical centre and health unit in the country to offer quality healthcare services and specialised treatment to poor patients.
The $46,350 (QR168,635) worth of equipment was funded by QRC, in cooperation with Yemeni Ethar Social Development Foundation, which purchased and delivered them to Al Saqifa Medical Centre and Al Shoaba Health Unit in Hadhramaut Governorate.
Through the project, the QRC office aims to improve healthcare services provided by the centre and unit to low-income population in the target area, which is medically underserved.
QRC Secretary-General, Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, said QRC is keen to implement medical projects in Yemen to advance the health sector in the governorates and treat victims of the recent bloody clashes.
He appreciated the relationship between QRC and its Yemeni counterpart, which culminated in a framework cooperation agreement last April to serve as a legal basis for implementing QRC projects in Yemen to provide the basic needs and alleviate the suffering of those affected by natural disasters and deteriorating economic, health, and security conditions.
The first outcome of the MoU was the opening of the QRC office at the Yemen Red Crescent headquarters to replace QRC mission, which had been working for years, to ensure coordination and optimal planning, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up.
QRC has relief and medical projects in Yemen at a budget of up to $12m, the latest of which was the urgent relief intervention by the QRC office in Sana’a to provide food and non-food items at a cost of QR250,000.
This was an initial response to the emergency appeal by Yemen Red Crescent to save the lives of thousands affected by the escalated violence in northern parts. There is the injured Yemeni treatment programme, a large-scale medical project undertaken by QRC for more than two years now, which has funded the treatment of 1,200 cases.
QRC is building a dialysis centre in Al Hawtah District, Lahij Governorate. The agreement on the project was signed in June 2013 with the Ministry of Public Health and the Medical Charitable Society, with $4.3m funding from Qatar. Comprising 10 units that use high-tech dialysis equipment, the centre is planned to provide free services for 500 cases per month.
The Peninsula
