Emergency cases treated within the UAE’S mission “The Gallant Knight 2” in the quake-affected Syrian areas

Lattakia (ST): As part of the UAE’s humanitarian initiatives, “The Gallant Knight 2” in Syria, the Emirates Red Crescent has provided medical treatment to more than 300 emergency cases of those affected by the earthquake that struck Syria on the 6th of last February, and to the needy in the affected Syrian areas.

The head of the Emirates Red Crescent delegation in Syria, Muhammad Al-Kaabi, explained in a statement to news reporter that within the framework of the UAE’s continuous humanitarian and relief efforts aimed at alleviating the suffering of the affected families after the earthquake of last February 6 and standing by the Syrian brothers in their current circumstances, the Emirates Red Crescent initiatives continue in cooperation with the Directorate of Health in Lattakia and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. He added that  the total number of beneficiaries of humanitarian, medical and therapeutic assistance reached nearly 1,100 Syrian families, with a total of 6,000 people, including 300 beneficiaries of urgent medical cases.

Al-Kaabi pointed out that the delegation of the Emirates Red Crescent, in cooperation with the Syrian Red Crescent, targeted cancer patients and provided them with chemotherapy, in addition to emergency and critical specialties such as fractures, heart operations, eyes, hearing, and complete joint replacement operations, in addition to distributing a number of wheelchairs.

K.Q.