UAE opens hospital in Dhaka to treat refugees

abu dhabi — As part of a programme by the Zayed Giving Initiative to treat children and elderly Rohingya refugees, the Zayed Volunteers Humanitarian Hospital has opened in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The UAE is the first Arab country to set up a field hospital to serve Rohingya refugees under the supervision of a UAE-Bangladesh volunteer medical team. The mission is a collaboration between the Zayed Giving Initiative, Dar Al Ber Society (DABS), Saudi-German Hospital Dubai and Sharjah Charity House.

The inauguration of the Zayed Humanitarian Hospital comes in response to a call by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to adopt initiatives and programmes in line with the gestures of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The Zayed Volunteers Humanitarian Hospital is currently operating

The hospital is supervised by diagnostic, therapeutic, prevention and training teams.” Imran Abdullah, official, DABS

as part of the Zayed Giving Initiative, which is implemented in various countries around the world in coordination with local governmental and nonprofit organisations.

The hospital provides services to children and elderly refugees through its mobile medical units equipped with the latest specialised medical equipment including an emergency unit, a care unit, a laboratory and a pharmacy.

Imran Mohammad Abdullah, head of the charity projects sector at the Dar Al Ber Society, stressed the importance of free medical services by volunteer teams in support of the deteriorating humanitarian situation of the Rohingya refugees. He pointed out that the humanitarian hospital is supervised by four teams — diagnostic, therapeutic, prevention and training — to build the capacity of the local cadres.