RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief is continuing a medical project in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Republic, to treat pediatric oncology and hematology patients. Running until June 26 and supported by nine volunteers from various medical specialties, the team has examined 80 patients and performed four surgeries so far.
In Jordan, KSrelief continued providing healthcare services through its clinics at Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees. In one month, the clinics served 6,595 patients across general medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, dentistry, women’s health, ENT, ophthalmology, cardiology, dermatology and rehabilitation medicine.
In Turkiye, KSrelief recently concluded a four-day voluntary program for cochlear implantation and auditory rehabilitation. During the campaign, KSrelief’s medical team conducted hearing assessments, ear mold measurements and hearing aid programming, and distributed hearing devices to 371 beneficiaries.
In Yemen, a KSrelief-backed prosthetics and rehabilitation center in Aden governorate provided 8,439 medical services to 3,089 beneficiaries over five months during the ninth phase of its operational project for people who had lost limbs. Services included the manufacture and fitting of prosthetic limbs, rehabilitation, physical therapy and specialized consultations.
KSrelief also continued a voluntary prosthetics project in Budapest, Hungary, which will run until June 29. Since the campaign began on June 22, the KSrelief volunteer medical team has examined 12 beneficiaries and taken measurements for prosthetic fittings.
