The representative mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Yemen is continuing its efforts to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19), by backing the country’s struggling health system amid scarce finances, medications, and medical supplies.
Described by Director of the Al-Jomhori Teaching Hospital in Taiz Governorate, Dr Nashwan al-Husami, as the first-of-a-kind support to be ever received, QRCS is providing protection for the staff of the hospital engaged with the coronavirus patients.
“They are the first line of defence to protect people against this risk,” he said.
The support provided to Al-Jomhori Hospital is in the form of tools and hygiene and sterilisation materials for the isolation and reception centre that deals with potential corona cases, as part of the rapid response of the Qatari Red Crescent as it is a covenant in all its health interventions in the governorate.
A big advantage of the project is that it indirectly protects the families of the coronavirus responders, as well as the non-coronavirus patients referred from other hospitals to the Al-Jomhori Hospitals, and there are plans to expand the project to other hospitals responding to the pandemic in Sanaa, Taiz, and Sa’ada Governorates
Under the project of healthcare for refugees, health education teams are distributing informative fliers to households in Sana’a, including the refugees and the local community. They are given advise about the coronavirus, how to prevent it, and the right ways to deal with it. They are taught the best handwash procedure, using sanitisers or soap and water, and how to deal with and isolate the infected cases.