08.27.07
UAE to finance program for treatment of Morocco’s needy cardiac patients
A humanitarian group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will finance over 100 open heart surgeries under a one-year program for treatment of Morocco’s needy cardiac patients, Emirates News Agency reported on Sunday.
The program was launched in accordance with an agreement between the Emirates World Heart Group (EWHG) sponsored by the UAE Red Crescent and Morocco’s Health Ministry and Sheikh Zayed Hospital.
Under the program, which gives Morocco a special attention this year, more than 100 open heart and catheterization surgeries will be conducted, while 500 patients will be screened and treated and 150 paramedics will be trained.
The one-year UAE-Morocco program will also involve prominent international cardiologists from the UAE, Morocco, France, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, Egypt and Argentine.
The nonprofit EWHG brings together some of the world’s high profile heart surgeons and provides a multiprogram in heart care to needy patients around the world.
Working with local and international medical staff under the sponsorship of the UAE Red Crescent, EWHG has conducted surgical and training programs in Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan and Bahrain.
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