JEDDAH: The Kingdom provided treatment and medicines to 10,758 refugees at the Zaatari camp in April, including 3,612 children, 1,685 needing general care, and the rest requiring special intervention.
Hamid Maflani, medical director at the camp in Jordan, set up in 2011 and now home to about 90,000 people, told Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday that top class medical services were provided, with many patients receiving medicines for chronic illnesses. A total of 7,800 prescriptions were made out last month, he said.
Badr Samhan, regional director of the campaign, said the clinic at the camp was part of the Kingdom’s relief efforts to help those in need. The clinic was staffed by highly qualified medical personnel, with advanced equipment provided by the Saudi government, he said.
According to reports, more than 2 million Syrians have benefited from the Kingdom’s assistance since the beginning of the Syrian crisis. The Kingdom has honored commitments made during the 4th International Conference of Donors, held in London in February 2015, with $100 million, raising the total aid to $780 million since 2011.
Meanwhile, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the royal court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works, met at the center on Thursday with Poland’s Ambassador Witold Chmidowski.
Saudi Arabia’s aid to needy people throughout the world is channeled through the King Salman Center, which was launched last year with its headquarters in Riyadh.
Last month, on the first anniversary of the founding of the center, it provided assistance worth SR1.6 billion to the Yemeni people. Also, more than 4,000 injured Yemenis received treatment in Saudi, Jordanian and Sudanese hospitals, with the Kingdom bearing the treatment and transportation expenses for patients, according to a report in Asharq Al-Awsat earlier this week.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman laid the foundation stone for the center in Riyadh on May 13, 2015, in the presence of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and several representatives of international relief organizations.
The king had then allocated SR1 billion for the center to be added to the $274 million provided by the Kingdom on April 18, 2015. The Kingdom is among the 10 top countries in the world providing aid to needy people worldwide.
Last year the Kingdom occupied sixth position on the list of 10 top countries granting developmental assistance, according to United Nations statistics. The total amount spent by the Kingdom on relief aid over the past four decades reached $115 billion, benefiting 90 countries.
Hamid Maflani, medical director at the camp in Jordan, set up in 2011 and now home to about 90,000 people, told Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday that top class medical services were provided, with many patients receiving medicines for chronic illnesses. A total of 7,800 prescriptions were made out last month, he said.
Badr Samhan, regional director of the campaign, said the clinic at the camp was part of the Kingdom’s relief efforts to help those in need. The clinic was staffed by highly qualified medical personnel, with advanced equipment provided by the Saudi government, he said.
According to reports, more than 2 million Syrians have benefited from the Kingdom’s assistance since the beginning of the Syrian crisis. The Kingdom has honored commitments made during the 4th International Conference of Donors, held in London in February 2015, with $100 million, raising the total aid to $780 million since 2011.
Meanwhile, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the royal court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works, met at the center on Thursday with Poland’s Ambassador Witold Chmidowski.
Saudi Arabia’s aid to needy people throughout the world is channeled through the King Salman Center, which was launched last year with its headquarters in Riyadh.
Last month, on the first anniversary of the founding of the center, it provided assistance worth SR1.6 billion to the Yemeni people. Also, more than 4,000 injured Yemenis received treatment in Saudi, Jordanian and Sudanese hospitals, with the Kingdom bearing the treatment and transportation expenses for patients, according to a report in Asharq Al-Awsat earlier this week.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman laid the foundation stone for the center in Riyadh on May 13, 2015, in the presence of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and several representatives of international relief organizations.
The king had then allocated SR1 billion for the center to be added to the $274 million provided by the Kingdom on April 18, 2015. The Kingdom is among the 10 top countries in the world providing aid to needy people worldwide.
Last year the Kingdom occupied sixth position on the list of 10 top countries granting developmental assistance, according to United Nations statistics. The total amount spent by the Kingdom on relief aid over the past four decades reached $115 billion, benefiting 90 countries.
