Due to the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than 13 years, thousands of patients find it difficult to travel outside the Strip to receive treatment, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has played alongside medical delegations a crucial role in providing life-saving healthcare.
Muhammad Adel is one of the patients who can hardly believe that his suffering from dialysis sessions is about to end after he underwent a kidney transplant surgery at the Shifa Medical Complex within the fourth stage of the second kidney transplant program.
Kidney transplant project in the Kingdom of Jordan, led by a consultant Dr. Walid Masoud, and in partnership with the local medical team headed by Dr. Ghazi Al-Yaziji, a consultant kidney disease specialist.
“I developed kidney disease12 years ago, and my life was very difficult, dialysis sessions were very stressful, as I had hypertension, difficulty walking, and loss of appetite and my life was almost nonexistent,” Mohammed says.
Muhammad’s dream is to be able to lead a normal life after he finished what he called “the nightmare of dialysis,” thanking the medical team who performed the operation and provided him with medical care before and after the operation.
Dr. Al-Yaziji added, what distinguishes the fourth stage is that this is the first kidney transplant surgery performed by the local medical staff and under the direct supervision of Dr. Walid Masoud, which promises the approach of the local medical staff to conduct operations in an integrated manner with local hands.
Ministry of Health seeking to provide critical priority needs of vulnerable Gazans’ through integrating of kidney transplantation program.