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Tribune News Network
Doha
QATAR Charity's (QC) office in Gaza has implemented 15 health projects in the Gaza Strip during the period 2008-2018 at a cost of QR66 mn, which benefited around two million people.
These health projects were carried out with the support of the people in Qatar and in cooperation with QC's various partners.
The 'Poor Patient Project' is one of QC's significant health projects, through which the charity contributed to covering the operation costs of 1,155 poor patients who were in need of emergency surgery. The project also contributed to the payment for some urgent therapeutic drugs and tests, which were not available at the UNRWA hospitals or clinics. The total value of the project was QR350,000.
Another project worth over QR7 mn was implemented to help those civilians who were wounded in the attacks on Gaza Strip. The project included the provision of medicines, medical consumables and laboratory materials to the hospitals and primary health care centres of Gaza Strip.
The project also included the provision of a CT scan machine, office equipment and office furniture to the Diagnostic Radiology Department at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central governorate of the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, the Harmonic Scalpel, a surgical instrument, has been provided as part of this project to the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip in order to improve surgical services at the hospital.
QC has also implemented a project to supply medicines, medical consumables and laboratory materials to the hospitals of the Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip. This project also included the provision of medical equipment to the rehabilitation service providers in the private sector to help the wounded and people with special needs. Also, through this project, medical equipment, instruments and electric chairs have been given to the wounded and people with special needs, focusing on people with motor disabilities. The cost of the project is more than QR12 mn.
Moreover, a project was implemented to provide the hospitals with electromechanical equipment and systems at a cost of QR7 mn, with the aim of providing good health services within the Gaza Strip. An alternative power source was also provided as part of this project, which included the use of new systems to mitigate the bad effects during the process of disposal of medical waste in Gaza, as well as the provision of a safe healthy environment within hospitals.
Moreover, the charity also carried out a project to provide transportation for the treatment of patients with renal failure at an estimated cost of over QR 131,000
According to international statistics, there is still a need to implement more health projects in the Gaza Strip, as it suffers from the shortage of medicines by 45 percent, and there is a severe shortage in laboratory supplies by 58 percent as well as some 4,800 patients in Gaza need daily access to life-saving health services for their survival. Also, the fuel is not sufficient for more than a month to run generators that provide electricity to hospitals in Gaza.
As the"Gaza, the Right to Live" campaign continues, Qatar Charity urges good doers to actively participate in supporting QC's projects and its humanitarian and development efforts to ease the hardship of the people in Gaza and meet their various basic needs.
