RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) is establishing two volunteer medical programmes in Kenya and Cameroon.
Patients in Nairobi who required cardiac catheterizations were treated by 13 volunteer doctors from the help of the the company’s medical personnel.
As to the SPA statement, “The project is an extension of the voluntary medical services implemented by KSrelief in various specialties that help individuals and families with limited income in countries in need.”
In the city of Maroua in Cameroon, 22 volunteer surgeons from a variety of specialties, including the field of orthopaedics paediatrics, gynaecology, and obstetrics, performed medical operations.
The KSrelief continued to operate its medical services in other parts of the globe.
Al-Jadah Health Centre clinics in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate treated 7,618 patients in April with the support of KSrelief. Through its several clinics for maternity, imaging, surgery, paediatrics, internal medicine, and reproductive health, the centre provided healthcare.
In a single week, the ambulance service of the Subul Al-Salam Social Association in Al-Minya, Lebanon, completed 90 missions. Their responsibilities ranged anything from transporting patients to and from hospitals to giving first aid.
The Saudi assistance agency also continues its global food aid operations. In Syria, 750 earthquake-affected families in Idlib were given food and hygiene kits.
As a gift from the Kingdom, the team also sent 25 tonnes of dates to Burundi.
