(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ANKARA, Dec 12 (KUNA) -- A team of Kuwaiti doctors arrived to the Turkish southern province of Hatay Tuesday to treat Syrian refugees who sustained injuries by the armed conflict in their country.

This is the 12th expedition of the team to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon - Syria's neighboring countries - to treat Syrian refugees and displaced, Dr. Faisal Al-Hajri, member of the team, told KUNA.

He said the team, sponsored and supervised by Kuwait Zakat (Alms) House, consists of surgeons specialized in brain, neurology, family medicine and urology.

Al-Hajri said the team would carry out a number of operations to Syrian refugees, who had sent reports about their medical condition. Urologists already carried out three surgeries.

Other refugees will only need medicine.

Al-Hajri said the team brought some medical equipment to prepare the operation theater in the Emel Hospital in the city of Reyhanli, in Hatay.

The Kuwaiti doctors will also visit Syrian refugees in camps and distribute humanitarian aid, as well as provide psychological and financial assistance to orphans, he said.

Reyhanli is home to around 90,000 Turkish people. The number of Syrian refugees in the city is estimated at 130,000.

The Turkish government allows 20 critically injured Syrians to pass through Bab Al-Hawa crossing on a daily basis to receive treatment at Turkish hospitals. (end) rs.bs

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