Qatar- QRCS covers treatment of 913 Palestinians

4/25/2016 1:17:37 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The lithotripter is procured by Qatar Red Crescent Society for Urological & Kidney Department at Al Ahli Hospital in cooperation with Kuwait’s Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the hospital.

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is conducting a medical project for poor patients in Palestine in cooperation with the Poor Patients Fund the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Al Ahli Hospital Hebron in the West Bank to improve healthcare services in Hebron and Palestine at large.

Last year QRCS provided treatment for 913 poor Palestinians at a total cost of $328330 under the fund which was established in 1976 as a non-profit charity seeking to serve needy families orphans injured people those with disabilities and students by providing medical services lacked in Hebron and other West Bank governorates.

QRCS also procured a lithotripter for the Urological & Kidney Department of the hospital. The device cost $460000 co-funded by QRCS Kuwait’s Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the hospital.

The project helps support a vital department of the hospital by securing advanced services saving a lot of effort and time for doctors avoiding the need for costly and complicated traditional surgeries and reducing the rates of travelling abroad for treatment.

Various segments of society are targeted especially those in need of such a critical treatment. Every year the department receives 1850 patients and performs 550 kidney stone surgeries.

QRCS office in the West Bank is coordinating with PRCS and the hospital in implementation preparation of documents and tender procedures and awarding.

Upon the delivery of the device all its components will be tested for functionality before actual operation.

The department is one of the busiest in the West Bank.

It has a relatively old lithotripter donated by QRCS but it is overused due to the huge number of kidney and ureter patients in Hebron compared to other areas.

So far the device has treated 2880 patients. Knowing that lithotripsy can be repeated one to three times for the same case the actual number of lithotripsies may be triple the number of patients.

Established in 1976 the hospital is the largest medical facility in the West Bank.

It is a non-governmental non-profit organisation which aims at enhancing medical services in Hebron and beyond.

The hospital has 200 beds with expansions are in progress to attain the full capacity of 304 beds. It has 540 medical assistant and administrative personnel and receives more than 150000 patients a year.

The Peninsula

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