(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Charity Office in the Gaza Strip implemented a project to improve the services of the surgical department at the Indonesian Hospital of the Gaza Strip, by proving Harmonic Scalpel, a surgical instrument, in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
More than 350,000 residents of the northern Gaza Strip will benefit from the services provided under the project, which costs more than QR182,000. It will result in reducing the waiting lists of patients, as they used to wait longer in the queue to receive health services due to the lack of the advanced surgical instrument, thus exposing them to the risk of complications and the deterioration in their health condition.
Director of the Qatar Charity Office in the Gaza Strip, Engineer Mohammed Abu Haloub, said that the project was intended to improve the surgical services offered at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip as well as to ensure the continuation of such services in a quick way by providing this advanced surgical instrument.
Abu Halub stressed that the importance of the project lies in the fact that the medical devices are the basis for conducting general and specialised surgeries in hospitals, highlighting that Qatar Charity is bound to support the most-needy sector, especially patients.
Director of the hospital Dr Shawqi Salem expressed that the laparoscopic instrument provided by Qatar Charity contributes to reducing waiting lists of patients by 80 percent and ensures that they receive treatment in a timely manner.
Dr Salem said that the project, in general, creates an opportunity to provide safe and better quality services through the development of the surgical operation department, stressing that the new hospital requires advanced medical devices to raise the level of health services provided therein.
Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf Abu Mahadi thanked Qatar Charity for its support to the health sector, especially for providing the surgical instrument, stressing that the traditional surgery causes bleeding complications and wound infections, which force patient to stay longer in hospitals.
Abu Mahadi explained that the project implemented by Qatar Charity greatly helps alleviate the suffering of patients from the complications that occur as a result of the of traditional surgical operation as well as reduces the bill of treatment abroad, thus lightening the financial burden.
Qatar Charity has implemented many projects to support the health sector in Gaza, including fuel for hospitals, medicines and medical equipment, sterilizing devices, X-ray machines and endoscopy devices in addition to building health clinics.
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