Kuwait supports Jordan’s health sector: Al-Maatouq

Aid provided to displaced families in Mosul

AMMAN, Sept 14, (KUNA): Chairman of the Kuwait-based International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq underlined Wednesday Kuwait’s support to the health sector in the Jordanian Kingdom.

In statements to KUNA on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the new extension of King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, AlMaatouq, also advisor to the Amir Diwan, said that the center provides world-class healthcare services to thousands of people from Jordan and other Arab countries.

He also urged Kuwaiti people to donate to the center to help it meet the growing demand of the complicated and expensive treatment of this disease. For his part, Kuwait’s Ambassador in Amman Hamad Al-Duaij said that new extension includes a number of facilities that would improve the services offered by the center.

He added that Kuwait is one of the main supporter of the center’s activates, especially its treatment of Syrian refugees.

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development offered the center $1 million grants in the past two years to treat cancer patients among Syrian refugees. The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has also donated $250,000 to the center.

The International Islamic Charitable Organization, Kuwait Finance House and Kuwait Women Cultural Society also made similar generous donations to the center.

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the center Princess Ghida Talal estimated the total area of the center after the extension at 109,000 square meters.

The center’s outpatient clinics receive 250,000 visitors every year and offer treatment to over 14,000 inpatients, she said.

Kuwait provided 1,500 aid baskets to displaced Iraqi families in Mosul city, said an official Thursday. Speaking to KUNA, Chairman of the United Iraqi Medical Society (UIMS) Dr Ahmad AlHayti said that aid baskets have been given to displaced families residing in Nineveh province.