KSRelief medical team to perform open-heart surgeries in Pakistan

Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Bin Said Al-Malki (fourth from right) poses for a picture on July 6, 2021, after attending a coordination meeting ahead of a medical campaign started by KSRelief in Islamabad. (Photo courtesy: @KSAembassyPK/Twitter)

• Pakistan is the fifth largest recipient of humanitarian and development aid offered by the Saudi agency
• KSRelief has also helped Pakistan in the wake of natural catastrophes like earthquakes and floods

ISLAMABAD: A team of medical professionals belonging to King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) met a group of Pakistani doctors and relevant officials in Islamabad on Tuesday to plan a series of open-heart surgeries to benefit ailing children whose parents cannot afford expensive medical procedures.
According to some estimates, over 60,000 children in Pakistan are born with congenital heart disease annually which requires them to undergo surgeries. According to the Associated Press of Pakistan, the KSRelief medical team will also perform cardiac catheterization to treat various cardiovascular conditions.
Last month, the Saudi humanitarian organization launched a major campaign in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province to combat blindness by conducting 4,000 examinations and 400 surgeries only in Karachi.
Pakistan is the fifth largest recipient of humanitarian and development aid offered from the Saudi organization that has given more than $120.2 million since 2015.
KSRelief has also helped the people of Pakistan in the wake of natural catastrophes like earthquakes and floods, apart from denoting food items to help the destitute during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Tuesday’s coordination meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Bin Said Al-Malki as well.