The Secretary-General of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Feroz Salah-Uddin, honours QRCS medical convoy by handing over a shield to the head of the mission, Dr. Abdullah R Al Naimi, Consultant of Urology and QRCS Board Member.
DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) medical convoy to Bangladesh has returned to Doha after a successful mission, with a total of 120 cases examined and 25 operations performed for poor Rohingya and local patients.
Lasting for six days at the Teknaf Public Hospital, Cox’s Bazar City, the medical intervention involved general, pediatric, and urological surgeries. Also, QRCS provided all the needed surgical supplies and medical equipment.
On the last day of the mission, the medical team visited QRCS’s operations in the Tanjimar Ghona Rohingya refugee camp. They also met the Secretary-General of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Feroz Salah-Uddin, who gave an honorary shield to the head of the mission, Dr. Abdullah R Al Naimi, Consultant of Urology and QRCS Board Member.
“Alhamdullilah, it was a very successful mission, thanks to the concerted efforts of the team, which comprised doctors from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Sidra Medicine and nurses from QRCS,” said Dr. Al-Naimi.
“There is a technical difference between emergency medical services, which are associated with conflict zones such as Syria, Iraq, and Bangladesh, and medical convoys, which are deployed to stable countries such as Jordan, Sudan, the Philippines, and Turkey, to ensure the safety and security of the doctors,” he added.
“Many doctors are willing to take part in this charitable activity, under the umbrella of an internationally recognized humanitarian organization like QRCS. This makes it easy for them to secure the approvals of their employers to travel with the medical convoys,” Dr Al Naimi said.
“Formerly, the medical convoys were not deployed regularly, due to financial restrictions. This year, however, a whole plan was set to determine where and when each medical convoy will be implemented.
This requires strong coordination and a lot of money to ensure sustainability. Selection of host countries is based on deep scrutiny by relief experts.”
“The level of surgical intervention depends on the capacity of the host hospitals. Some countries have advanced hospitals that can accommodate critical operations such as cardiac catheterisation. We would like to thank H E Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Dehaimi, Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Bangladesh, and the staff of the Embassy of Qatar for their efforts to facilitate our medical mission,” Dr Al Naimi further said.
“I invite everyone in Qatar to support this noble endeavor, which has made a big difference in the lives of beneficiaries everywhere. We have many doctors on the list to participate in the program. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is a key partner, contributing doctors, medical consumables, and medicines,” he concluded.
