As part of its medical convoys programme, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded a surgical operations project for poor patients in Gaza, aimed at supporting the health sector and ensuring high-quality services for patients.
Co-implemented by QRCS’s representation office in Gaza and Palestine’s Ministry of Health (MoH), under a bilateral co-operation agreement signed in December 2020, the $789,142 project involved more than 6,000 surgeries and post-procedure follow-ups for the beneficiaries.
The project had two components, such as contracting a number of Palestinian consultants in several medical specialties, and supplying them with the necessary surgical equipment and medical consumables. The list of needs was developed for the public tender carried out by QRCS’ headquarters in Doha. Then, the contracts were signed with the winning bidders, which delivered the supplies to three hospitals: Al-Shefa Medical Complex, Nasser Medical Complex (Khan Yunis), and Eye Specialist Hospital.
Over the contract period, 100 open-heart surgeries were performed, 210 complex orthopaedic and fracture surgeries, 100 plastic orthopaedic surgeries, 124 vascular surgeries, 143 life-saving cardiothoracic surgeries, 159 advanced urological surgeries, dozens of medical interventions and pulmonary endoscopies for 750 patients in pulmonology, and anaesthesia services for eye surgeries.
In addition, they conducted day-to-day follow-ups for inpatients and outpatients, delivered capacity-building training programmes for local medical professionals, did referrals to specialised hospitals, participated in interview committees to select the doctors applying for the Palestinian Board, interviewed the doctors who completed the programme, supervised Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support training courses for the benefit of 65 Palestinian Board physicians and medical personnel at hospitals, and made many field visits to emergency departments at hospitals to investigate their status and assess their needs.
The project had two components, such as contracting a number of Palestinian consultants in several medical specialties, and supplying them with the necessary surgical equipment and medical consumables. The list of needs was developed for the public tender carried out by QRCS’ headquarters in Doha. Then, the contracts were signed with the winning bidders, which delivered the supplies to three hospitals: Al-Shefa Medical Complex, Nasser Medical Complex (Khan Yunis), and Eye Specialist Hospital.
Over the contract period, 100 open-heart surgeries were performed, 210 complex orthopaedic and fracture surgeries, 100 plastic orthopaedic surgeries, 124 vascular surgeries, 143 life-saving cardiothoracic surgeries, 159 advanced urological surgeries, dozens of medical interventions and pulmonary endoscopies for 750 patients in pulmonology, and anaesthesia services for eye surgeries.
In addition, they conducted day-to-day follow-ups for inpatients and outpatients, delivered capacity-building training programmes for local medical professionals, did referrals to specialised hospitals, participated in interview committees to select the doctors applying for the Palestinian Board, interviewed the doctors who completed the programme, supervised Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support training courses for the benefit of 65 Palestinian Board physicians and medical personnel at hospitals, and made many field visits to emergency departments at hospitals to investigate their status and assess their needs.