Qatar sets up aid station at Sheikh Hamad Hospital in Gaza

Doha: Qatar has established an aid station at H H The Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaz...

Doha:  Qatar has established an aid station at H H The Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaza, funded by Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), to treat emergency cases and injured individuals waiting for aid in northern Gaza, said a press statement by the QFFD.

The medical point, which receives hundreds of patients, provides rapid response to treat injuries through a specialised medical and nursing team dedicated to serving the wounded, offering available treatment, and referring some cases to hospitals run by the Ministry of Health in Gaza and other facilities, using ambulances operated by the Ministry of Health, the Palestinian Red Crescent, and medical services. Over the past few weeks, the hospital has treated around 2,538 injured individuals, and received nearly 220 martyrs, including 1,227 injuries and 119 martyrs in the last week alone.

Fahad Hamad Al-Sulaiti, Director-General of Qatar Fund for Development and Chairman of the Hospital’s Board of Directors, said, “In line with the Fund’s commitment to humanitarian work and our sense of responsibility towards our brothers and sisters in Gaza, we continue to support H H The Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaza to ensure the delivery of care to those in need under the most difficult circumstances.”

He also renewed his call for the international community to take a firm stance that allows for the immediate and safe entry of aid and ensures the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers.

“The severe escalation in Gaza and the targeting of civilians impose an undeniable moral and humanitarian responsibility on the international community. Systematic starvation, lack of medical resources, and ongoing aggression are crimes that only deepen the suffering of innocent people, and they must stop immediately. Humanitarian aid is not a tool of pressure and must never be used as a weapon against the vulnerable,” Al-Sulaiti added.