As the Covid-19 spread rate rises in Yemen, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has gone ahead with supporting local health professionals to protect their lives against the virus. This will ensure that they continue to serve patients and carry out their medical tasks amid difficult humanitarian conditions suffered by the Yemeni people.
“QRCS is here to bring all the safety supplies for our medical staff,” said Dr Ferial Mohamed Ahmed, head of the Department of Isolation at Al-Jomhouri Hospital in Taiz. She met QRCS’s representative, who delivered medical protective supplies in the presence of the directors of the Taiz Public Health and Population Office and the hospital. “With the previous support, our medical staff could resume their work without fear from infection. Today, we are even more reassured as all the staff members of the isolation and other departments are given protective equipment."
Dr Ahmed thanked QRCS for acting promptly to help the physicians, which greatly reduced the risks of the pandemic.
Dr Ahmed thanked QRCS for acting promptly to help the physicians, which greatly reduced the risks of the pandemic. “This support comes in a too bad situation in Taiz,” she added. “While assigned as an isolation centre, Al-Jomhouri Hospital lacks the basic medical resources, including consumables, disinfectants and detergents."
In a statement, Dr Rajeh al-Maleeki, director of the Taiz Health Office, said: “QRCS played a significant role in providing medical aid to control the coronavirus outbreak. They provided Al-Jomhouri Hospital with protective supplies for medical staff of the coronavirus isolation centre, as well as other departments. We would like to thank them and urge them to give us more assistance to overcome this pandemic, which has weighed heavily on many already-suffering Yemeni people."
QRCS delivered medical protective supplies in the presence of the directors of the Taiz Public Health and Population Office and the hospital.
The project is part of QRCS’s humanitarian interventions for the brotherly people of Yemen. It covers three governorates (Sana’a, Taiz and Saada), where workers at health facilities are provided with all Covid-19 protective supplies.