Qatar- QC medical cs benefit 94723 in 15 countries

12/30/2015 2:38:50 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has provided free medical treatment to some 94723 poor patients including children in 15 countries at a cost of QR7.8m.

Sixty-eight medical camps were set up in the countries to conduct checkups and surgeries. Patients from Sudan Ethiopia Yemen Niger Palestine Mauritania Sri Lanka Indonesia Nigeria Jordon Somalia Iraq Tunisia Comoros and Ghana benefited. The camps provided services including open heart surgeries for children angiography cochlear implants treatment for eye diseases and illnesses affecting the urinary tract.

Patients with congenital malformations (abnormalities at birth) burns harelip (a congenital cleft or fissure in the midline of the upper lip) were also treated. Beneficiaries also received free medicines and consultation. Portable clinics were deployed in rural areas and remote villages.

The initiative was launched in Sudan where 18 camps were set up. Over 55000 patients received treatment at a cost of QR3.4m. Three camps were held in Ethiopia at a cost of QR500000 benefiting some 11000 patients. Training was provided to local doctors in some camps to conduct surgeries.

The Peninsula

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