ShareGAZA: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Thursday that a fully equipped hospital has been installed in the Al-Mawasi region of Gaza to offer medical care to the Gazans in cooperation with the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent associations. KRCS Chairperson Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer said in a telephone conversation with KUNA that the makeshift field hospital was erected in the coastal region of Gaza as part of the State of Kuwait’s efforts to soothe the hardships of the Palestinians.
The makeshift hospital, set up on a 750-square-meter plot of land, contains operation rooms, intensive care wards, and sections for patients’ admission. It also includes baby incubators, X-ray units, a pharmacy, and a laboratory. Kuwait will carry on with the humanitarian missions and will spare no effort in offering help to paint a bright picture of the country under the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Dr. Al-Sayer stated.
For his part, the director general of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza, Bashar Murad, said it was crucial to build the hospital in the Strip due to the difficult conditions and the severe shortage of medical supplies and medications. He expressed gratitude to the State of Kuwait, His Highness the Amir, the government, and the people for helping to soften the suffering in Gaza and praised the KRCS for presenting assistance to them. Last month, the KRCS sent the first Kuwaiti medical team to Gaza, where the doctors conducted surgeries and provided treatment to the ill.
Kuwaiti aid trucks
In another development, around 26 trucks laden with Kuwaiti aid arrived in the Jordanian capital Amman en route to the Gaza Strip, the country’s Red Crescent Society (KRCS) chief Maha Al-Barjas said on Thursday. The aid, delivered in conjunction with the Kuwaiti charity’s counterparts in the Hashemite Kingdom, runs the gamut from healthcare equipment to food supplies, she told KUNA after a relief program for Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Jordan. The latest batch of aid comes after Kuwait launched a humanitarian “air bridge” to allow the urgent delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip in light of the catastrophic conditions there, she underlined.
Gaza health system
Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Relief Society’s medical team launched a campaign to fund and support Nasser Medical Complex and the Palestinian health care system in Gaza. This came during Kuwait’s second medical team’s trip around the city of Khan Yunis, which was completely destroyed by the Zionist occupation forces. Deputy Chairman of the Society, Omar Al-Thuwaini said that the campaign started at the Nasser Medical Complex as residents attempted to rehabilitate the medical facility in order to make it functional again.
The medical complex, which served hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in southern Gaza, was subjected to a Zionist military offensive that has caused significant damage. He added that the medical team distributed tons of medical equipment and supplies and provided the necessary tools for surgical operations, medical care, and medications, especially for some critical cases and chronic diseases.
Al-Thuwaini also said that they performed a number of surgeries in the European hospital and the Kuwaiti hospital and carried out tests on hundreds of Palestinians. The medical team consisted of 17 people, including a consultant, a specialist, and a nurse in different specialties, in addition to a team leader and two relief coordinators. — KUNA
