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Hargeysa, Somaliland,
May 7, 2009 - The humanitarian delegation sent by the UAE Red Crescent
Authority (RCA) to Somaliland to treat blindness and other eye diseases
continued its medical operations in the capital city of Hargeysa.
The medical camp set up by the RCA team provided free medical check-up,
treatment and surgery for those who suffer from curable blindness and
other visual impairments.
The RCA team also distributed food among the impoverished and needy
people in Somaliland in an expression of solidarity with the fraternal
country.
The medics and Para medics working day and night at chosen hospitals
have successfully performed 200 surgeries so far to restore the lost eye
sight of the patients, who had lost hope of seeing the light again in
their lives.
The Acting Assistant Secretary General for Relief and Projects at RCA
and the head of the delegation Dr. Saleh Moosa Al Thae said that over
1200 patients have benefited so far from the medical help extended by
the team.
It was on 1st May 2009 the RCA delegation arrived in Somaliland in a
humanitarian mission to treat blindness and similar eye diseases in the
African country.
Al Thae said that the humanitarian operations of RCA is followed up by
UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of RCA HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, who has given directives to provide the best medical services
to the people suffering from blindness and other eye diseases in
Somaliland. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
Source: UAE Interact, May 07, 2009
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