Ooredoo staff spend day with kidney patients

A host of volunteers from among Ooredoo staff spent a day at the Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre, as part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility activity schedule during Ramadan. The delegation of Ooredoo staff received a warm welcome from nurses, centre staff and patients at the centre, who are undergoing treatment and dialysis. Ooredoo’s volunteers, in an effort to alleviate at least some of the potential stress patients could be under due to their illness, spent time chatting to and connecting with the patients and surprised them with gift bags.Ooredoo has a long history of supporting patients with kidney disorders in Qatar, having donated the Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre to Hamad Medical Corporation in 2010 to provide dialysis facilities for patients suffering acute and chronic kidney disease. The centre offers a modern, spacious environment for patients, with 80 stations and 20 private rooms. Talking about the visit, Manar Khalifa al-Muraikhi, director PR and Corporate Communications at Ooredoo, said: “Supporting the local community is a key focus for Ooredoo as part of our corporate social responsibility strategy, and Ramadan is the perfect time for us to find opportunities to show our support in a practical way. We’re delighted to continue our annual tradition of visiting and supporting the Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre again this year; our team of volunteers spent a wonderful time with the patients, and we hope everyone enjoyed their gift bags.”The visit was the latest in Ooredoo’s series of charitable initiatives benefiting the local community during the holy month of Ramadan.