QRCS launches heart catheterisations in Yemen

In partnership with Qatar Charity, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has started a project to perform 100 free-of-charge therapeutic catheterisations at the Cardiovascular Centre in Taiz, Yemen, for the vulnerable, displaced, low-income, and disabled patients with heart disease.The $100,000 project also involves the provision of medical solutions, consumables, and other supplies for the cardiac catheterisations. Dr Abu Zarr al-Gendi, director of the Cardiovascular Centre in Taiz, said, "QRCS and Qatar Charity continue to address the suffering of people. The patients with heart disease are among those who suffer most, especially those requiring cardiac catheterisations. We have many registered patients who experience difficult living conditions and cannot afford treatment."Nabil Jamel, director-general of Taiz Planning and International Cooperation Office, praised the development programmes and plans supported by Qatar, through QRCS and Qatar Charity. Ahmed Hassan al-Sharaji, head of QRCS’s office in Yemen, noted: "This project is part of the ongoing efforts made by QRCS and its partners to back the Cardiovascular Centre in Taiz, with the aim of improving the quality of diagnostic and therapeutic services provided for the patients with heart disease. I hope this support would make a real difference in the lives of patients in need of cardiac catheterisations and reduce their suffering and the suffering of their families.”Dr Abdullah al-Naim, head of Qatar Charity’s office in Yemen, added: "These operations are part of our humanitarian initiatives in Yemen over the past few years, which are designed to ease the pain of vulnerable patients and upgrade the services of specialized medical facilities, amid a protracted crisis that caused economic failure and collapse of the health system.”