Kuwaiti team ends humanitarian mission in Somaliland
A Kuwaiti medical team yesterday concluded a humanitarian mission in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, with a package of generous aid for hospitals and charities. The Shifaa (healing) medical team declared ‘sponsoring’ and equipping a new building for children at the government hospital.
The team has also given donations to a relief association, for programs aimed at protecting natives from epidemics and food parcels to more than 10,000 people in famine-stricken regions. Moreover, the team made a deal to equip an operations room at a hospital affiliated to the international charity, Al-Rahma.
They have also checked 600 patients in the region of Somaliland, Somalia, and provided medical supplies for them. They also provided a local hospital with medicines and medical equipment for more than 300 children. Somaliland is a self-declared state internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.
On Friday, the Kuwaiti medical team checked 600 patients in the region of Somaliland, Somalia, and provided medical supplies for them. The team was keen to treat a large number of patients in the region as it visited patients’ houses, and paid for costs of their treatment. The team has provided a local hospital with medicines and medical equipment for more than 300 children.
Meanwhile, health minister of Somaliland Soleeban Ahmad extolled Kuwait’s humanitarian support for the region. Somaliland is a self-declared state internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia For his part, Abdulmonem Tolba, head of an international hospital in Hargeisa, thanked the State of Kuwait for its key role in helping countries which are in distress.
On Thursday, the team, in collaboration with Kuwait’s International Mercy Society, distributed humanitarian and food aid to a northern town in Somalia. It doled out about two tons of rice, floor and oil to needy families. Team’s doctors examined many cases and paid for the costs of treating them. Different humanitarian cases in Somalia need intensifying governmental and non-governmental efforts to protect children from diseases, said Falah Al-Ajmi, a team member.