The UAE Humanitarian Field Hospital for Children (Riaya) has provided curative, surgical, and preventative services to 14 thousand children and elderly people in Pakistan during four months as part of “Giving campaign for the treatment of 1 million children” program.
“Riaya” hospital was inaugurated under the patronage of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of General Women Union, and of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and in line with the initiative of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Western Region and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, and with the support of H.H. Lt.General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
The team of the UAE humanitarian hospital succeeded in curing many difficult cases, as well as arranging medical convoys to many villages and remote areas in Pakistan for free treatment.
They also focused on treating special cases affected by flood and suffering from health problems, in addition to the treatment of needy children who were suffering from birth defects and various other diseases.
WAM