Thousands benefit from KSrelief medical aid in region and world

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Updated 21 October 2024
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Thousands benefit from KSrelief medical aid in region and world

  • Scores of volunteer health professionals treat thousands of the world's most needy

RIYADH: The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief continues to provide vital humanitarian support to vulnerable communities in the region and across the world, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.

Mobile medical clinics affiliated with KSrelief in Azlat Al-Deir, which is a part of the Hayran district in Hajjah governorate, Yemen, provided services to 2,897 people in September 2024.

In Morocco’s Sefrou city, the Saudi Noor Voluntary Project has been helping those with vision and other eye problems since Oct. 17, with the work continuing to the 24th.

Since the start of the campaign, KSrelief’s volunteers have examined 3,060 patients and performed 36 specialized eye surgeries, all completely successful.

Meanwhile in Turkiye, the aid agency concluded its volunteer medical project focused on cosmetic surgery for burn and other patients in Reyhanli.

The project ran from Oct. 14 to 20, with 13 volunteers from various medical specialties.

The volunteers assessed 292 patients in diagnostic clinics, provided medication, and successfully performed 97 specialized surgeries.

The KSrelief volunteer medical project for general and thyroid surgery concluded its work on Saturday in Port Sudan, Sudan.

The project, from Oct. 12 to 19, had 15 specialists perform 39 thyroid operations.


Saudi crown prince congratulates Netherlands PM on forming government

Updated 24 February 2026
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Saudi crown prince congratulates Netherlands PM on forming government

  • Rob Jetten, 38, has become the youngest PM of the Netherlands

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a congratulatory telegram to Rob Jetten for assuming office as prime minister of the Netherlands and forming a government.

Jetten, 38, became the youngest prime minister in the country’s history following his party’s success in the October elections.

The crown prince extended his sincere congratulations and best wishes for success to Jetten and the people of the Netherlands, wishing them further progress and advancement, according to the Saudi Press Agency.