DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) launched the first phase of free health services in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on Saturday.
The initiative ‘Save a Life’ (SALI) aims to provide free health services to the needy in poor countries worldwide.
As part of phase-I of RAF’s project, several portable clinics will be opened in Khartoum and its outskirts to serve the poor in need of health services.
Similar services will also be offered in Al Rawiya area, east of Sudan, which suffers a severe lack of basic healthcare services.
Women battling breast cancer will also be provided with treatment.
Patients suffering from malnutrition will be offered medical help in the southern part of Darfur. Renal patients will also be treated and renal plantation conducted.
Some projects will also be launched to improve healthcare services in the country, said a RAF statement.
Medical personnel will be given adequate training to help them do their jobs properly.
Healthcare systems and equipment will be upgraded. RAF will hold training in collaboration with local partners by early next year.
After success in Sudan, RAF’s health service initiatives will be launched in other countries that need such services, including Syria, Yemen, and the refugee camps in Palestine.
Khartoum’s launch of RAF’s project was attended by Sudanese Minister of Health, Bahar Idris Abu Garda, Qatari Ambassador Rashid bin Abdurrahman Al Nuaimi, General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, RAF, Ayed Dabsan Al Qahtani, and Head of the Supreme Committee for the Initiative, Dr Ibrhaim Al Janahi.
The Peninsula
