Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has sent a medical team to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to conduct its 11th annual programme of cardiac catheterisation intervention for poor children with congenital heart problems.
At a cost of QR501,600, the one-week visit to Bangladesh would see the treatment of around 45 cases, out of 66 cases previously shortlisted in co-operation with Kuwait Joint Relief Committee (KJRC).
The medical team comprised Dr Mohamed Noaman, Paediatric Cardiology Consultant at St Joseph Medical Centre, Houston, Texas, USA; Dr Mahmoud al-Soufi, Paediatric Cardiology Consultant at Dubai Hospital, UAE; and Abdullah Ashkenani, Senior Cardiovascular Technician at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).
Upon arrival, the delegation was received by officials from the embassy of Qatar and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), where the operations will be performed. Ahmed M al-Dehaimi, Qatar’s ambassador in Dhaka, gave instructions to secure all facilities for the delegation.
The delegation has held a meeting with associated professor Dr ABM Abdus-Salam, Head of Paediatric Cardiology Department, who welcomed the guests and thanked them for this noble effort .
On the first day, 16 children underwent physical examination, and eight of them (ranging 1.5-12 years of age) were successfully catheterised in the heart.
Since 2004, QRCS’s cardiac catheterisation programme has covered the treatment of 300 children in Sudan, Syria, Gaza, Mauritania, Morocco, and Jordan.
QRCS delegation meets Bangladesh official.
