WHO delegation tours UAE field hospital in Rafah

A delegation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has toured the UAE field hospital in Rafah to review the humanitarian and medical services provided in the southern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing crisis.

The group was briefed on the treatments provided to patients and the wounded in Gaza, as well as the support and medical assistance delivered to hospitals across the Strip through Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.

They also looked at the hospital's departments and reviewed the available treatment, surgical, and specialised healthcare services.

The delegation commended the UAE's efforts in supporting the Palestinian healthcare sector and praised the field hospital's role in providing treatment to patients and casualties in Gaza.

The WHO team included Luca Pigozzi, Acting Head of WHO's Sub-Office in Gaza; Roy Cosico, Technical Officer for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) at WHO headquarters; and Heba Al Najjar, WHO Emergency Medical Teams Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory.

They were received by Ali Al Shehhi, Head of the UAE Mission in Gaza under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 and Director of the UAE field hospital.

Al Shehhi reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to supporting Gaza's healthcare sector and continuing humanitarian efforts to meet the needs of Palestinians

Since their establishment, the UAE field hospital in Rafah and the Emirates Medical Centre for Primary Care in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, have provided medical care to nearly 97,000 patients from across the Gaza Strip.