JEDDAH: More than 1,000 people suffering from various ailments visited the mobile clinics set up by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief ) in Hajjah governorate in Yemen.
These clinics have been established in cooperation with the Taiba Development Foundation.
The center is carrying out several humanitarian projects across the war-ravaged impoverished country.
As part of the relief efforts, two trucks carrying humanitarian aid including 24 electric wheelchairs and other medical supplies crossed Al-Wahda border crossing. The consignment is heading to Aden and Marib governorates.
KSRelief is also carrying out water supply and environmental sanitation projects in different parts of Yemen.
During the period from Aug. 13 to 19, the center supplied 410,400 liters of non-potable water and 273,600 liters of drinking water, benefiting 6,320 individuals in Hajjah governorate.
The center distributed 3,000 cartons of dates among 3,000 internally displaced families in Taiz.
A total of 24,243 Yemenis have so far received treatment for their injuries as part of a Saudi health program launched in May 2015, figures have revealed.
The KSRelief project aims to ensure patients get necessary treatment within Yemen while critical cases are transferred to health facilities in Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries.
HIGHLIGHT
KSRelief supplied 410,400 liters of non-potable water and 273,600 liters of drinking water, benefiting 6,320 individuals in Hajjah governorate.
The center has provided treatment for 9,729 Yemenis in government and private hospitals in the south of the Kingdom, referred several critical cases for advanced medical care at facilities in the Riyadh and Makkah regions, and transported 815 people for treatment in Jordan, Sudan, and India.
KSRelief offers diagnostic services, surgical facilities, and rehabilitation while providing necessary medication.
It has also launched artificial limb centers in Aden, Marib, and Taiz for the victims of land mines planted by the Iranian-backed Houthis. Work on another center is underway in the Seiyun governorate.
In addition, the aid organization has provided training for 5,138 Yemeni cadres at the centers.
KSRelief has also signed 10 contracts with private hospitals in the Yemeni governorates of Aden, Taiz, Seiyun, and Mukalla to provide treatment, diagnosis, surgeries, medication, rehabilitation, and follow-up services for 9,014 injured Yemenis.
And Saudi Arabia has launched several programs to combat dengue, cholera, and the corona- virus disease (COVID-19) in Yemen.
KSRelief has implemented 344 health projects in Yemen carried out in coordination with the high relief committee of the Yemeni Health Ministry and local and international partners.
