Qatar Red Crescent Society team boosts coordination on Syrian refugees
Date
7/19/2016 3:43:51 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Lebanese Minister of Health Wael Abu Faour (right) holds talks with the QRCS delegation.
Doha: In an attempt to upscale coordination with Lebanese authorities in relation to the support of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a team of Qatar Red Crescent Society";s (QRCS) mission in Lebanon visited Lebanese Minister of Health Wael Abu Faour.
The meeting focused on the reality and health problems of Syrian refugees, which pose challenges to the services and utilities in the country. They also discussed ways of bilateral cooperation in support of public hospitals and health facilities.
In addition, the visitors gave an overview of QRCS";s medical and relief services for Syrian refugees and host local communities, including breast cancer early detection, primary health care, physiotherapy, premature baby incubators, and many other projects across Lebanese districts.
Abu Faour commended the efforts by QRCS and Qatar and said: 'We at the ministry are ready to offer all facilitations for the medical and relief activities of QRCS";s mission, with a view to alleviating the suffering of Syrian brothers. This can be done through bilateral agreements to provide hospitals with medical equipment and supplies, thus helping them offer their services for free”.
The premature baby care is a joint project of QRCS and its Kuwaiti counterpart, under an agreement signed in March 2015. The 13-month project will take care of 400 newborns per year, through four hospitals in Beqaa and Tripoli.
QRCS";s mission has completed the Ramadan Iftar project at Syrian and Palestinian refugee camps, distributing more than 5,000 meals per day, or 157,000 meals throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Also, nearly 8,000 food packages were distributed to meet the everyday needs of refugees.
The Peninsula