Abu Dhabi, December 24: The UAE “Giving Hands Initiative” team has started treating children, adults, underprivileged and impoverish patients in Indonesia under its program in cooperation with a number of specialized doctors working in state hospitals.
In addition they have the cooperation of most known international hospitals in partnership with LIFE Foundation for Relief and Development and the Indonesian Humanitarian Relief Committee.
The initiative was launched under the auspices of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and the instructions of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, to implement treatment and humanitarian programs for underprivileged and impoverish patients all over the world and in different medical specialties.
The Giving Hands Initiative succeeded in forming an Arab international medical team, which is considered the first of its kind in the region under a voluntary and human framework to alleviate the suffering of the sick children in need who are unable to meet the expense of their treatment.
The medical team, headed by Dr. Adel Abdullah Al Shameri, Executive Director of “The Giving Hands Initiative” was received by Indonesian officials, representatives of Life Foundation and the Indonesian Humanitarian Committee for Relief.
Dr. Al Shameri said that the team’s four-day visit to Indonesia will include identifying patients that are suffering from health problems and their families who are not able to meet the expense of treatment, especially since there are many children suffering from complex health problems and are waiting for surgical operations. The doctors will also examine elderly patients of various illnesses and will provide them free medicines.
On his hand, Mr. Hani Al Zubeidi, The Regional Director of LIFE Foundation for Relief and Development noted the importance of partnership between humanitarian foundations pointing out the medical team will examine dozens of sick cases suffering from congenital deformities and complex health problems among children in order to develop appropriate treatment program for each case, as well as setting conditions that need to undergo surgery to be conducted during the current visit or the next depending on the type and seriousness of the situation.
The initiative demonstrates the keenness of the UAE’s political leadership and people on boosting voluntary and humanitarian work worldwide to set up medical treatment programmes for millions of underprivileged and impoverish patients all over the world.
–Agencies