IRAQ – The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has officially opened doors to the new intensive care (ICU) unit housed within the Teaching Maternity Hospital situated in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The Teaching Maternity Hospital’s intensive care unit with state-of-the-art facilities was completed with a total cost of US$343,000.
The unit is equipped with high-tech ICU equipment according to the current official technical of the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Moreover, the Teaching Maternity Hospital’s medical personnel will gain access to a wide range of training courses on the appropriate use the high-tech ICU equipment thus ensuring the sustainability of the ICU department to continue to serve patients.
In an official statement, QRCS stated: “The project to rehabilitate and equip this unit is a major intervention to meet the needs of beneficiaries, reduce their suffering, and improve the services provided for pregnant and breastfeeding women.”
This unit was inaugurated by the Director of the Relief and International Development Division at Qatar Red Crescent Society, Dr. Mohamed Salah Ibrahim in the presence of high-level officials.
The opening ceremony was attended by HE Meshaal Abdullah Al Hajri, Acting Consul General of Qatar in Iraqi Kurdistan, Omed Khoshnaw, Erbil Governor, Hawri Ehsan, Representative of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS), and Dr. Dlovan Mohamed Fatih, General Director of Health in Erbil.
The inauguration of the new ICU unit at the Teaching Maternity Hospital comes as part of QRCS’s project to support health care for pregnant and breastfeeding women in Iraq.
Established in March 1978, the Qatar Red Crescent Society works to help and empower vulnerable individuals and communities without partiality or discrimination.
QRCS has taken another step forward in its commitment to humanitarian efforts in Iraq with the inauguration of the Little Hearts project in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The volunteer-led humanitarian organization is also overseeing numerous existing humanitarian activities done by its representation office in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Additionally, the organization is set to launch new healthcare and food projects for the benefit of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and the host community in the coming months.
In total, these projects will cost nearly US$2 million and serve up to 40,000 beneficiaries in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
With the launch of the new ICU unit, the Teaching Maternity Hospital has expanded its medical capacity to meet the needs of its clients in the Kurdistan region and neighboring areas.
The maternal care project is a clear reflection of QRCS’s aspiration to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity.
“This project would contribute to addressing the issue of having to refer critical cases to other hospitals, due to the lack of ICU services at the hospital, which caused more difficulty for the patients,” outlined the Qatar Red Crescent Society.
Teaching Maternity Hospital’s ICU unit will help expand access to critical care services for patients and their families and contribute to better patient care across Iraqi Kurdistan.
With the provision of high-tech ICU equipment up to the standards of Iraq’s MOH, the hospital now qualifies for the Arab Board or any medical facility certification that helps to improve its efficiency and rating.
Overall, the Teaching Maternity Hospital is anticipated to play a pivotal role in addressing the existing gaps in critical care and improving the overall experience for patients.
The Iraqi hospital has a historic milestone of serving as many as 6,700 patients per month and it is now well-equipped to serve more beneficiaries in the region.
Comparably, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently partnered with Iraq’s Ministry of Health to complete the renovation and expansion of a neonatal intensive care unit in the maternity teaching hospital in Erbil.
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