The fuel QC provided the Ministry of Health (MOH) with will allow its 13 hospitals to operate perfectly fine. The hospitals have the capacity of 1,588 beds and can now continue to offer their services to the citizens.

QC provided the MOH with 200,000 liters of fuel to avoid a possible humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip’s hospitals. This project was implemented in order to compensate for the dire shortage in electricity which the ministry suffers from. QC provided fuel to operate the generators of the MOH’s facilities. This way the citizens can receive health services without any problems. 

Saving the Day

This project, just like all of QC’s projects, is distinguished and important. The hospitals will not run out of fuel thus cause the health sector to fall apart. Now, instead, the hospitals can receive patients and offer them the needed services. Primary Care centers and the ambulances will benefit from this project. This will enable the medical staff to offer health services in the ICU, the OR, Renal Dialysis unit, the reception, the ER and the nursery.

Dr. Ashraf Abu Mahady, Director General of International Cooperation in the MOH, expressed his gratitude for QC’s quick response to the urgent appeal that the MOH had already made. “Our hospitals,” said Dr. Abu Mahady, “Are severely suffering because of the shortage in fuel. I thank QC for its support and help. 200,000 liters of fuel are definitely going to help the hospitals continue to offer medical services to the citizens.”

Eng. Mohammed Abu Haloub, QC’s Office Director in the Gaza Strip, said, “When the MOH in the Gaza Strip called for help, we, at QC, were so quick in responding because we know how important the health sector is. At a cost of 1,205,000QR, QC implemented this health project. The ministry suffers from continuous power cuts which could greatly affect the kind of services offered to the patients. More than 1,800,000 people depend on these hospitals.”

He then emphasized the fact that QC will always be there for the Palestinians who are under the Israeli siege. “We will provide the MOH with the necessary fuel to enable the hospitals to offer full medical services to the patients,” said he. 

An Urgent Matter

The fact that the electricity is out more than 12 hours per day in the Gaza Strip means the health sector cannot offer any services to the patients. It is simply because hospitals cannot operate without electricity. There will be no working medical devices in the ER, no working nurseries, and no working devices for renal dialysis. This, of course, causes a huge threat to the hospitals if they run out of fuel.

90% of the health services offered in the Strip are by the MOH’s hospitals. They provide medical services to more than 1,800,000 people. Such services include surgeries, and intensive care. Some hospitals are even specialized in offering renal dialysis and nurseries. The MOH also offers primary care services through 56 care centers. They include treatment for chronic diseases, contagious diseases, and preventive healthcare.

It is necessary for the hospitals to use generators (i.e. around 360,000 liters of fuel monthly) to cover for the daily 12-hour power cut at a cost of 530,000 USD or else the health sector will not be able to offer any services to the patients.

Supply of Medicines

It is worth mentioning that QC had already implemented several projects for the benefit of the health sector in Gaza. Some of these projects are related to the supply of medicines as part of an intervention program designed specially to help those who were injured in the last attack on Gaza (summer 2014). In addition, the engineering plan for building the internal medicine hospital as part of Al Shifa’ Medical Complex in Gaza at a cost of 582,000 QR.

Furthermore, QC is working on different projects to equip the hospitals with electromechanical devices, including providing generators, replacing elevators, and rehabilitating the sterilization system and offering mechanical ventilation at a cost of more than 10,000,000 QR. The health sector in the Gaza strip is the most siege-affected. It suffers from shortages in resources and potentials. 

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• The treated injuries included neurological and pulmonary diseases, bone fracture, burns and blood vessel injuries.
• The project helped save many Syrians

QC continues to implement its relief projects for the Syrian people in the field of health. It has implemented its third project for the severely injured from which 100 people benefited and were transferred to Jordan.

Implemented in cooperation with Association of Ahl Horan, the project meets the Syrians deep need for health rescue. Many injured and with critical health problems needed treatment. Therefore, QC offered them first aid, transferred them to nearby Jordanian hospitals and finally transferred them to specialized hospitals, depending on the severity of the injury.

Intensive Care

The neurological injuries which were treated included head bruises, shrapnel and gun shots in the brain, and vertebral fracture of the neck which results in either complete or partial paralysis. As for the pulmonary injuries, they included: bruises and pulmonary contusion, pleural effusion, and heart injuries. In addition, some other injuries which were treated included injuries in the abdominal organs and blood vessel, burns of all levels, eye injuries and loss of vision which resulted from shrapnel hits.

Engineer Rashid bin Fatis Al Mari, QC’s Director of Relief Department, said, “Jordan receives tens of Syrian injured coming from Hauran, Damascus countryside, and Kenitra every day. These injured usually suffer from severe injuries which require intensive care. Therefore, QC decided to allocate funds of around 100,000 USD to treat the severe injuries. These funds are automatically renewed after the end of each treatment stage to more than 100 Syrian injured at least.”

Taking Care of the Injured

QC, as Eng Al Mari mentioned, continues to nurse the injured until their full recovery. In addition, QC will do everything necessary to make sure the injured will not suffer from deformities and malformations. 

QC pays extra attention to the relief of the Syrian people, whether the displaced in the country or the refugees. Since April 2011 to last September (2015), 6,083,517 crisis-affected have benefited from the projects which were implemented at a total cost of 322,000,000 QR.

QC’s projects implemented for the Syrian people since the crisis first began included the following fields: shelter projects at a cost of 120,214,000 QR, food at a cost of 102, 561,000QR, health at a cost of 68,214,000 QR and education at a cost of 30,755,000 QR.

As for the health field, QC’s relief projects mainly focus on establishing and operating hospitals, creating funds for the treatment of the injured and patients, and providing medical disposables and ambulances. The most important hospital for establishment and operation is Al Amal Hospital for the Syrian Refugees in south Turkey.

Other projects

More than 100 people suffering from either partial or complete paralysis, or whose legs were amputated because of the ongoing crisis in Syria benefited from QC’s electric wheelchairs project. It was implemented to help them meet their needs and to alleviate their sufferings. The wheelchairs were distributed to 36 people with complete paralysis, 44 people with partial paralysis and 20 people whose legs were amputated.

QC has also supplied a number of field hospitals and medical charity points with 8 fully equipped ambulances.

Furthermore, QC has signed a universal strategic partnership with International Medical Corps last year. The agreement allows the two institutions to increase their chances of reaching the neediest places in the world. Mainly, they will be able to help the crisis affected in Syria, to offer health care for the children especially that there is a shortage in the usual medical services.

Last October, QC concluded its conference ‘The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis’. More than 100 participants representing 50 different institutions, governmental and nongovernmental organizations attended. The outcomes of the conference were implementing projects at a cost of more than 144,000,000QR and making recommendations for the benefit of the Syrian people.

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• Providing medical consultations and free medicines for 2,000 registered patients
• Distributing more than 400 free eyeglasses to the workers
• Naji Abd ar-Rab Al Aji: "The health camp represents an excellent example for the officials' cooperation in order to reinforce the feeling of social responsibility".

Friends Cultural Center, one of QC's Developmental Centers, and the Indian Doctors Club at Tariq bin Ziad School for Boys organized the thirteenth Health Charity Camp for the Asian communities residing in Qatar. More than 4,500 people benefited from this camp. It was held under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Health, Primary Health Care Corporation, and Hamad Medical Corporation; and was sponsored by Ooredoo.

125 doctors, more than 250 medical assistants, nurses and technicians, and hundreds of volunteers participated in the camp.

The inauguration Committee included Ms. Fatima Al Kuwairi, Ooredoo Director of Public Affairs and Community Services; Ms. Mariam Yassin Al Hamadi, Primary Healthcare Corporate Communication CEO; Major Ibrahim Al Samih, Drug Control Standing Committee General Secretary; Mr. Khalifa Al Yahri, Public Affairs Director Assistant at Hamad Medical Corporation; Dr. Samir Muban, Head of the Indian Doctors Club in Qatar; Mr. R. K Singh, Convoy President Deputy in the Indian Embassy in Doha; Dr. Mohammed Abdu ar-Rahman an-Nour, from the Supreme Council of Health; Dr. Mubashir Abu Bakr Abd Faraj, Head of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control Supreme Council of Health Deputy; Brigadier Hamed Al Yafie; Mr. Ali Al Gharib, Head of the Local Developmental Centers at QC; and Mr. Ayman Bikhairi, Deputy Headmaster at Tariq bin Ziad High School.

Mr. Al Aji commended the efforts of everyone who worked on making the camp successful and emphasized the importance of providing healthcare to everyone. “It is an extraordinary activity. We thank the Social Affairs Ministry for its support to such humanitarian events. These kinds of activities are a good sign for achieving the goals of Qatar 2030 vision,” said he.

For his part, Mr. Abdul Nasser Al Zahr Al Yafie, QC’s Local Development CEO, said, “Holding this camp is part of QC’s effective communication with the communities residing in Qatar. It is one of so many other ways to guarantee public health.”

Awareness Lectures

This time’s health camp was entitled “From Farm to Plate: Food Is Healthier”. The camp provided all the necessary facilitations for diagnosis and examination. Furthermore, it raised the visitors’ awareness through holding awareness sessions. Mainly, the targeted category was the Asian communities in order to emphasize the importance of eating healthy food that is free from harmful components. The camp also stressed the importance of mental health, and commitment to a good lifestyle which includes exercise. The communities should benefit from the healthcare services provided by the country where they reside, as well.  

2,000 registered people with low income from different Asian nationalities benefited from the project. They underwent medical tests for blood pressure, blood sugar, Cholesterol, and oral cancer. Plus, their eyes were examined. They had a electromyogram and were examined via ultrasound. They received free medications for general diseases as prescribed by doctors. In addition, more than 400 eyeglasses were distributed for free. 

During the camp, hundreds of men and women benefited from the awareness lectures which were delivered by medical specialists. They spoke about different topics such as Sunshine Vitamin: the Truth Vs the Myth, Diseases Resulting from Wrong Lifestyle, Dangers of Diabetes, Mental Health, and Women’s Daily Healthcare.