RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) concluded the fifth Saudi Pulse voluntary program for heart disease and surgery in Yemen’s Al-Mukalla, Hadramout, on Saturday.

Since its launch on June 11, KSrelief’s volunteer medical team successfully performed 27 open-heart operations and inserted 14 diagnostic catheters and 66 therapeutic catheters.

The campaign was an extension of the aid and humanitarian projects implemented by KSrelief, aimed at helping individuals and families with low incomes in countries in need.

Meanwhile, KSrelief also implemented the Saudi Noor volunteer program to combat blindness in Kabul, Afghanistan, in cooperation with the Al-Basar International Foundation from June 13-17.

During the program, voluntary medical teams carried out 4,700 examinations and successfully performed 412 surgeries.

Additionally, as part of the efforts made by the Kingdom to alleviate the suffering of people affected by floods in Somalia, KSrelief distributed 3,000 food baskets in the city of Beledweyne, benefiting 18,000 individuals affected by flooding.

On Friday, KSrelief Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs Ahmed bin Ali Al-Bayez met the regional director of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Africa, Patrick Youssef, at the center’s headquarters in the presence of Jalal Alowaisi, president of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority.

They reviewed topics of common interest related to aid and humanitarian efforts in Sudan and Africa, and discussed ways to enhance cooperation between KSrelief and the ICRC to provide humanitarian and assistance services to countries in need.

Youssef commended the Kingdom’s humanitarian aid projects and praised the center’s significant role in helping needy people worldwide.