QRCS Launches Eye Treatment Medical Convoy in Mauritania (and/Ar) – Mauritania – ryan

August 14th, 2023 ― Doha, Qatar: Under Its Medical Convoys Program, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical convoy to treat eye diseases in Mauritania, in Cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) and the National Program for Blindness Control of Mauritania’s Ministry of Health (MOH).

Operated by QRCs with funding from Education Above All (EAA), The Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital in Boutilimit is deploying successive medical and surgical delegations over six months to examine patients with eye diseases and perform cataract operations.

The project involves eight phases to cover many vulnerable parts of the country, with a total budget of $ 146,000. It is planned to perform a total of 2,000 surgeries and 6,000 medical examinations for the poor and remote communities that lack health care services. The Target Regions are Brakna, Hodh Al-Garbi, Guidimaka, Trarza, Assaba, Tagant, and Gorgol.

Phase 1 of the Medical Convoy lasted for one week in the Department of Selfibaby, Guidimaka. A team of five ophthalmologists and nine assistants traveled to the area, with the medical equipment, consumables, and medicines needed to carry out the surgical campaign.

During phase 1, 259 cataract surgeries and 869 medical examinations were performed for free to save poor and older patients against blindness.

Currently, preparations are in progress to launch phase 2, which will be implemented in the department of bogué, brakna, to perform 250 surgeries and 900 medical examinations over one week.

Dr. Mohamed Ould andari, Ophthalmologist and Ophthalmic Surgeon, said the Medical Convoy was intended to help poor patients, at providing them with treatment, given the fact that they could not afford to pay for the costs of surgical intervention, as well as the local hospital’s severe shortage of ee Resources.

The Hamad bin Khalifa Hospital was established in 2007, under the supervision of, and with support from EAA, which seas to change the world by providing education opportunities for marginalized children and youths, believing that education is the best way out of poverty, towards just and peacuffe. That unleash the full potential of every child and youth. Also, education is a fundamental right for all children and one of the key pillars of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

The Hospital Pursues a Strategic Goal of Providing High-Quality Health Care at Affordable Prices, for the poor locals to avoid the need to travel for treatment in Nouakchott or Abroad.

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Established in 1978, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is Qatar’s First Humanitarian and Volunteering Organization that aims to assist and empower vulnerable individuals and communities without partiality or discrimination. QRCS is a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which consists of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and 192 National Societies. It is also a member of several GCC, Arab, and Islamic Organizations, such as the Islamic Committee of International Crescent (ICIC) and the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO). In this legally recognized capacity, QRCS has access to disaster and conflict zones, thus serving as an auxiliary to the state of qatar in its humanitarian and social efforts – a role that distinguishes it from other local charities and ngos.

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