QRCS Donates Dialysis Machines for Hospitals in Gaza
- 3 years ago
Ensuring that the dialysis services in Gaza makes an improvement and develops furthermore to provide adequate treatment for the patients, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has stepped forward to donate 11 dialysis machines for hospitals of Gaza's Ministry of Health (MOH).
Being part of QRCS's Gaza Dialysis Services Support project, this donation has been made to the three MOH hospitals.
Dr. Akram Nassar, Head of QRCS's representation mission in Gaza, stated that this new project would help to strengthen and reinforce the effectiveness of dialysis departments at the Shohadaa Al-Aqsa Hospital (six machines), the European Hospital in Gaza (four machines), and the Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital (one machine), with a view to ensuring a better quality of health services provided for 850 patients with kidney failure in Gaza.
Dr. Nassar said that, "This intervention is part of QRCS's efforts to upgrade dialysis services.”
"In 2018, we accomplished a similar project, under which 10 dialysis machines and medical consumables were supplied for dialysis departments at some hospitals of Gaza,” he added.
With regards to the significance and efficiency of this project for Gaza hospitals, Dr. Kamal Khattab, Director of the Shohadaa Al-Aqsa Hospital said: "The machines newly provided by QRCS would mark a significant enhancer of the result rates at the hospital's dialysis department. Currently, we have 18 machines, and we face constant difficulties with low result rates of 50-60%, due to the recurrent machine breakdowns, lack of spare parts amid the blockade, and repetitive power cuts that cause machines to stop working suddenly".
He expected the new machines to ameliorate the quality of service at the hospital's dialysis department. This will help in reducing the burdens shouldered by the medical staff and alleviate the suffering of the patients. Dr. Khattab valued QRCS' humanitarian role and health interventions, which gives a boost and supports the health sector of Gaza.
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