Qatar- QRCS treats 60 Afghan children with congenital heart defects

9/23/2020 2:34:38 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: The representation office of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Afghanistan has completed phase 3 of the Little Hearts programme in the country, performing 60 catheterisations for children with congenital heart defects.

In cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) and Ministry of Health, the operations were performed at the Amiri Medical Complex and Global Hospital in Kabul. The project is aimed at treating children born with serious heart problems and holes, with a special focus on poor families that cannot afford costs of treatment for their kids. The catheterisations are performed at hospitals and specialised centres qualified and equipped enough to host such operations.

To complement the humanitarian effect of the project, gifts and toys were distributed to the children to boost their morale before and after the procedure.

ARCS has had a long-term program for this purpose, targeting partnerships and mobilising resources to treat up to 7,000 children. Statistics show that one in every 100 children in Afghanistan is born with heart problems, which means 128,000 all over the country. Most of those do not receive adequate medical care due to poverty and lack of interventional services and resources.

Within its humanitarian mission and responsibility, QRCS contributed to the treatment of critical cases, at a total cost of $150,728, raised from the donations of charity payers in Qatar.

This is the third phase of the Little Hearts programme in Afghanistan, to be followed by more phases under a cooperation agreement with ARCS, which is responsible for selecting and contracting the host hospitals and heart centres.

Yar Mohamed, from Parwan Province, is the father of a 13-year-old patient. He is a day labourer with too low income. One week ago, they were informed about the date of the operation for their daughter. 'We are so happy. We are grateful to the people of Qatar for helping us. Thank you QRCS for arranging for such operations for our kids, said Mohamed.

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