UAE initiative helps war-injured Yemenis get treatment in India

new delhi — Scores of Yemenis injured in a war launched by the Houthi rebels arrived in the Indian capital on Sunday evening for treatment at the expense the UAE’s humanitarian assistance programme in Yemen.

The arrival of the latest group of patients marks a significant expansion in the UAE’s charitable initiatives in Yemen by adding a fourth hospital in India to accommodate injured Yemenis. The latest arrivals in New Delhi will go to Fortis Hospital in India’s National Capital Region, better known as NCR.

Previous groups of injured Yemenis who have benefited from UAE’s efforts to help victims of the attacks by Houthi rebels on the Yemeni people were treated at three establishments of Rockland Hospital in the NCR region. Rockland Hospitals in India are subsidiaries of Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Hospital.

The victims were ferried for treatment in India on Sunday by a UAE Air Force C-17 military transport plane specially outfitted with high-tech medical equipment and carrying doctors to deal with emer- gencies mid-air. Ambulances and specially-equipped buses swiftly transported the injured Yemenis to hospitals after UAE diplomats received them and made their passage of hope easier with their warmth and compassion.

The injured Yemenis were brought to India at the initiative of the Emirates Red Crescent. The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has borne the entire cost of transporting the war casualties and their treatment at Rockland Hospital. — Wam