Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is implementing a humanitarian support program for those in need amid deteriorating conditions in Yemen. For the second year in a row, it has distributed medications for 150 kidney failure/transplant patients in Sana'a.
The project seeks to secure the vital medical supplies for the patients, as well as support catheterization procedures for kidney failure patients who have difficulty with regular dialysis sessions.
At the same time, food supplies were delivered to the charity catering centre of Shafaqa Organization for Care of Kidney Failure & Cancer Patients. Around 212 kidney failure inmates of the organization’s accommodation premises would find enough healthy food.
Many dialysis centers in Yemen are now shut down, or on the verge of shutting down.
The available dialysis machines are insufficient to meet the demand for lifelong weekly sessions.
For kidney transplant patients, things are even worse. There is a severe shortage of immunosuppressive drugs, and postoperative care. Five years of war and blockade have put thousands of lives at serious risk.
One of the beneficiaries of QRCS’s project is Aisha Abdul Kareem Al Nowaira, who expressed her gratitude for these medical supplies. “As a kidney transplant patient, I would like to thank QRCS and the benevolent donors who extended help to us,” said Al Nowaira.
“Due to the war, we lack indispensable treatment, and we cannot afford the costs of monthly immunity checks. Suffering is shown clearly on our faces,” she added. "For six years now, I have been fighting with kidney disease. I do not have the money to purchase medications every day for the rest of my life.”