On Monday,
September 12th 2011, Ambassador Norihiro Okuda of Japan will hand
over medical equipment to the Palestine Hospital in Heliopolis. Dr. Younis Al
Khatib, the President of Palestine Red Crescent Society, and Ambassador Barakat
El-Fara of Palestine, will also attend the ceremony. Ambassador Okuda will
deliver a speech, and meet the Palestinian patients at the hospital.
This grant assistance amounting to US$ 79,982
was extended by the Government of Japan for the purpose of purchasing medical
equipment to be used in the Palestine Hospital in Heliopolis run by Palestine
Red Crescent Society in Egypt. By equipping the Palestine Hospital with a
sterilizer, a colonoscope, and an ureteroscope, the Palestine Hospital will be
able to improve the safety of the service, and provide specialized service for
internal medicine to treat cancers, tumors.
This is the first assistance from the
government of Japan for Palestinian Refugees in Egypt. Japan has been providing
assistance to Palestinian refugees in other Middle Eastern countries. The
government and people of Japan believe that helping these refugees will
contribute to promoting the peace in the Middle East.
Palestinian refugees constitute the biggest
refugee group in Egypt with estimated population of 50,000. Since they have
limited access to the medical service, the Palestine Hospital is the last resort
for them where they can receive necessary medical treatment.
This grant is extended under the Japanese
Government’s Assistance Scheme for Grassroots and Human Security Projects. This
scheme was launched in Egypt in 1994 and 130 projects totaling over US$ 5
million have been implemented so far. For more details, kindly refer to the
Embassy of Japan homepage at:
URL:
www.eg.emb-japan.go.jp |