UAE-funded hospital for women and children opens in Sudan
khartoum — The ‘Sheikha Fatima Field Hospital for Women and Children’ was inaugurated in Sudan on Tuesday. The hospital is part of an initiative launched by Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF).
It aims to provide the best treatment, diagnostic, preventive and surgical services for women and children in Sudan and the rest of Africa, under the supervision of volunteer doctors from the UAE and Sudan. Wedad Babiker, Chairperson of the Sanad Charity Foundation and wife of the Sudanese President, inaugurated the hospital.
The launch of the hospital — under the slogan ‘We are all our Mother Fatima’ — is part of the Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteering Programme, and is a joint initiative between the Zayed Giving Initiative, the GWU and the Sanad Charity Foundation, in partnership with the Dar Al Ber Society, Sharjah Charity House and the Saudi-German Hospitals Group.
It is also an innovative partnership in the specialist area of humanitarian medical action, which aims to find realistic medical solutions and help ease the pain and suffering of women and children.
The hospital represents progress in providing community health services through field and mobile medical services, and is equipped with the latest medical supplies, including reception, emergency, ICU and lab units, as well as a pharmacy.
Babiker praised the efforts of Sheikha Fatima to support international humanitarian initiatives, programmes and projects.
Babiker conveyed “messages of love” from women and mothers working in the health and humanitarian sectors to Sheikha Fatima, while praising her support for various humanitarian projects, not only in the UAE and Sudan but also around the world.
She said that Sheikha Fatima’s initiative to promote women’s and children’s empowerment is the first of its kind in the world, and “reflects her endless giving and support for initiatives that target Arab women”. —