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The heads of four Qatari charitable societies will travel to Jordan on Friday to announce the extension of a fund meant for the treatment of wounded Syrians at hospitals there. |
The delegations of the Qatar Red Crescent, Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF), the Organisation of Islamic Call, and Qatar Charity will be in
Jordan for four days.
The first phase of the fund began its services on November 1, 2013, at a cost of QR4mn. Around 273 wounded Syrians were treated through this fund, out of which 29% were in critical condition, 45% were mild cases and 26% sustained eye injuries.
Apart from officially announcing the extension of the fund, the representatives will discuss ways of strengthening co-ordination and following up on the implementation of the project. They will also visit the wounded at hospitals.
The four-day programme of the delegation will begin with a tour at the Zaatari refugee camp, where they will inspect the conditions of the refugees.
Following the hospital tour, the delegation will visit the office of the QRC Mission in Jordan for a briefing on the psychological support programme
designed for the refugees.
The charitable societies had delegated the responsibility of project implementation to the QRC based on its expertise of providing medical services that conform to the highest of
international standards.
QRC has entered into bilateral agreements with a number of hospitals and medical centres in Jordan in order to treat the wounded Syrians, including Islamic Hospital, Dar Al-Salaam Hospital, Shami Center for Eye Treatment and Dhaleel Hospital.
It also signed a memorandum of understanding with the UNHCR to provide medical treatment for Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp for those suffering from renal failure.
The fund was created to strengthen medical efforts in light of the growing numbers of wounded Syrians.
A similar QRC project to treat the wounded began in Jordan in 2012 at a cost of $500,000 followed by a later collaboration with Qatar Charity with a budget of $1,700,000.
