Doha, Qatar: As part of its ongoing humanitarian interventions in Gaza, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is working on a project to renovate four health centres of Palestine’s Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.
Implemented in partnership with Gazze Destek Organisation, the project is aimed at enhancing the operational capacity of the health facilities and ensure continued provision of health care services for the population, amid the difficult humanitarian conditions in the blockade over two years of war.
Dr. Akram Nassar, head of QRCS office in Gaza, explained that restoration works were almost completed at the Nuseirat and Maghazi Health Centres in Central Gaza Governorate, including structural, electrical, and mechanical maintenance to rehabilitate the facilities and ensure resumption of operation.
He added, “We are working closely with the Palestinian MoH to renovate an administrative section of the Department of Cardiology and a warehouse of medical equipment and supplies at Al-Shefa Medical Complex, as well as a number of health care rooms at the Patients’ Friends Benevolent Society (PFBS) Clinic in Gaza City.
These centres will directly serve approximately 300,000 locals, in addition to tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltered in those areas”.
Dr. Marwan Abu Sa’da, Director-General of International Cooperation and Projects at Palestine’s MoH in Gaza, hailed this QRCS-funded project as a crucial step in supporting the resilience of Gaza’s health sector.
He highlighted recent MoH statistics, which revealed that more than 22 hospitals and 96 health centres were completely or partially destroyed or damaged since the beginning of war. With this $1.4 million project, QRCS seeks to mitigate the impact of the current humanitarian crisis and help meet the basic needs of the war-affected population.
To help change this painful reality, QRCS welcomes the contributions by the benevolent individual and institutional donors of Qatar. By supporting the “Life for Gaza” campaign.
