RAF officials interacting with patients at the centre in Istanbul.
Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has opened a physiotherapy centre in Istanbul, Turkey at a cost of QR1.8m for rehabilitation of Palestinians injured in the wars.
The centre equipped with advanced medical equipment has been built by RAF in collaboration with Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). The centre will provide physiotherapies to hundreds of Palestinians wounded during past several battles. They underwent surgeries and needed physical rehabilitation. But the patients were discharged from the hospitals after operations because physiotherapy was not available in the hospitals.
“RAF has been implementing many projects including developments and those seasonal to support Palestinian people especially in Gaza and West Bank inside Palestine or outside whereby they found,” said Ahmad Yusuf Fakhro, Head of Financial Resources and Media Section at RAF. He was speaking in the inauguration ceremony of the centre held in Istanbul.
The centre is equipped with advanced medical equipment and machines, hi-tech laboratories required for the patients referred to physiotherapy starting from physical checkups, diagnosis and a complete plan for rehabilitation.
The centre is a five-storied building with many facilities like ward for patients. Enough spaces and rooms are available to provide the physiotherapies to hundreds of the patients by qualified physiotherapists and medical staffs.
