Tribune News Network
Doha
The representation mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Sudan is implementing an anti-blindness project, which involves three medical convoys to treat eye diseases for 12,000 beneficiaries in Gedaref, Khartoum and Red Sea States, in partnership with Al-Basar International Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Health (MoH).
To date, two medical convoys have been completed in Gedaref and Red Sea, with free-of-charge medical examinations, medications and eyeglasses provided for 8,338 patients, and 776 cataract surgeries performed.
Preparations are in progress to launch the third medical convoy, in coordination with the partners in Karari Locality, Khartoum.
Held in commemoration of Qatar National Day 2024, the project’s launching ceremony was attended by HE Mohamed bin Ibrahim Al-Sada, Qatar’s Ambassador to Sudan; Dr Esmat Mustafa, senior undersecretary of Sudan’s MOH; Dr Ahlam Abdul-Rasool, director-general of Red Sea State Directorate of Health; Dr Salah Al-Din Daak, head of QRCS’s office in Sudan; Prof Mohamed Nour Hassan from Al-Basar International Foundation; and a delegation from QRCS’s headquarters in Doha.
In his remarks, Al-Sada said these integrated medical convoys would help combat eye diseases, amid the current situation in Sudan. “They also provide an opportunity for exchange of experience among medical and technical professionals,” he added.
“I would like to thank everyone who made these convoys happen, especially the ministries that facilitate QRCS’s work in Sudan.”
Dr Mustafa praised the continuous Qatari support for the Sudanese health sector, highlighting the permanent cooperation from Qatar’s Ambassador to Sudan with Sudan’s MOH to secure medical aid and meet the needs of the health system. “Warm thanks to the government and people of Qatar for their unwavering solidarity with the people of Sudan,” he noted.
The senior health official praised the project as a new episode of QRCS’s numerous medical convoys, implemented together with Al-Basar International Foundation. He saw the Qatari support for different parts of the health system as “playing a crucial role to stabilize medical services”.
