RIYADH: A Saudi-backed prosthetics center in Yemen has provided help to hundreds of people in the war-torn country.
The project, supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, offers physical therapy and other services to assist those who have lost limbs to reintegrate into society.
The rehabilitation center in Hadramout governorate provided 1,542 services to 324 beneficiaries in one month, including the manufacture, fitting, delivery and maintenance of prosthetic limbs for 73 patients.
Other treatments, including physical therapy and consultation sessions, were also provided for 251 patients.
Meanwhile, the Emergency Center for Epidemic Disease Control in the Hajjah governorate provided treatment to 2,202 people in one week.
The services come as part of the Kingdom’s efforts, represented by KSrelief, to improve the capacities of the health sector in Yemen.
Yemen is among the top beneficiaries of KSrelief assistance. The center has implemented 797 projects in Yemen worth over $4.2 billion.
Its programs include food security, health, humanitarian and emergency relief coordination, water sanitation and hygiene, protection, camp coordination, nutrition, education, early recovery, logistics and telecommunications.