Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) and Qatar Charity (QC) launched a specialised medical convoy for paediatric cardiac surgery and catheterisation in Taiz, Yemen.
Implemented in cooperation with Sidra Medicine and Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population, the project aims to support the health sector and ensure free medical care for poor children.
The launching ceremony was attended by Abdul-Qawi al-Makhlafi, First Deputy Governor of Taiz; Dr Abu Dhar al-Gendi, director of the Cardiovascular and Kidney Transplant Centre in Taiz; and representatives of QRCS and QC.
Until May 22, six consultants in cardiac catheterisation/surgery, intensive care, and anaesthesia will be working hand in hand with the local medical staff at the Cardiovascular and Kidney Transplant Centre in Taiz.
The Qatari medical delegation comprises a select group of paediatric cardiology consultants and specialists, including Dr Younes Boudjemline, senior consultant cardiologist at Sidra Medicine (head of delegation); Dr
Mustafa al-Muhaya, consultant cardiologist; Dr Mohamed al-Ashwal, consultant intensivist; Dr Mohamed al-Humairi, consultant anaesthetist; Dr Nabil al-Bahlouli, consultant cardiac surgeon, and Dr Sami al-Ahdal, consultant cardiac surgeon.
As per the plan, 85 cardiac catheterisation procedures and 10 open-heart surgeries will be performed, as part of a medical and humanitarian programme to save lives and ease the financial burden on poor families in the governorate.
QRCS and QC supported the host centre with a specialised cardiac catheterisation machine, pegged at $1mn, which helped enhance the centre’s medical services. Thanks to that support, more than 500 diagnostic and 100 therapeutic catheterisations were performed free of charge, with all costs of medical care and supplies covered.
Qatar would continue to work hard to bolster the country’s health system and alleviate the suffering of patients in need.
