The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the conclusion of the twenty- second stage of the kidney transplant program in the besieged Gaza Strip.
This stage is led by the head of the Organ Surgery Centre at the Royal Liverpool Hospital in the UK, Dr. Abdelkader Hammad.
Dr. Hammad said ” in this recent stage we have completed 4 kidney transplant surgeries with a total of 69 kidney transplants has been carried out since the start of the program.
Head of the Artificial Kidneys’ Department at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Dr. Abdullah Al-Qishawi, hoped that the medical teams will succeed in the coming stage to establish a Specialized Center for kidney transplants and exchange of expertise which will significantly contribute in lifting and alleviating the suffering of renal failure patients.
The delegation was attended by the Health Aid Team – South Africa and funded by the South African Gift of the Givers Foundation, as part of the Patient Assistance Program, which provides many medical and health services to patients in the Gaza Strip, which in turn contributed to the relief of many patients through a number of Surgeries for patients on waiting lists in the Ministry of Health in addition to the provision of medicines and medical supplies.