QRCS issues QR60mn aid appeal for Palestine

As Phase 2 of QRCS’s emergency response to the clashes in Gaza, Al-Quds and several cities of the West Bank, the initiative will benefit 593,000 Palestinians.

Between May 7 and 21, the "Palestinian territories saw tragic events suffered by the Palestinian people, with many deaths, injuries and displaced persons", QRCS said in a statement Saturday. "Since Day 1, QRCS has been taking all emergency humanitarian actions to relieve thousands of affected families, in co-ordination with Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)."Under a $1mn donation, QRCS provided 600 food parcels for the benefit of 4,000 people, offered psychological support services and trained 60 physicians and nurses to enhance their emergency assessment skills.In Gaza, emergency departments at hospitals received vital signs monitors, medical tents, beds and equipment.Thanks to QRCS’s Gaza Specialised Surgery Support Project, seven consultant physicians of cardiovascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, urology, and anaesthetics performed 106 surgeries for the victims of war. Several staff of QRCS’s mission in Gaza donated blood to the Blood Bank.Sheikh Abdullah said the launch of the target="_blank"'>