Mobile clinics in Al-Khokha provide services to 3,200 beneficiaries
Mobile clinics in Al-Khawkhah, Al-Hudaydah Governorate, continued to provide emergency medical and nutritional services to Yemeni citizens, thanks to the generous and ongoing support of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. From March 25 to 31, these clinics successfully provided healthcare and treatment to 3,201 beneficiaries, including residents of the district and internally displaced persons (IDPs) living there, who are suffering from extremely difficult living and health conditions due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Details of medical services provided to beneficiaries
The various clinics witnessed a large turnout of patients during this week, with the medical cases benefiting distributed as follows:
- Internal Medicine Clinic: Received 963 patients and provided them with the necessary care.
- Emergency Clinic: It handled 585 emergency cases with high efficiency.
- The children's clinic provided medical services to 385 children.
- Epidemiology Clinic: Received 211 patients to reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
- Mobile team clinic: Provided healthcare to 64 individuals in remote areas.
- Reproductive Health Clinic: 71 women benefited from it.
- Obstetrics Department: Supervised the provision of services for 10 births.
- The Therapeutic Nutrition Clinic: It provided its services to 36 beneficiaries suffering from malnutrition.
- Immunization Department: Received 14 individuals to provide basic vaccinations.
- Surgery and Dressing Clinic: I treated 183 injured people.
- Medical Referral Department: It transferred 8 critical cases to specialized hospitals.
- The Awareness and Education Department: 671 individuals benefited from it to raise health and preventive awareness.
Laboratory and support services to enhance healthcare
In addition to specialized clinics, support departments played a pivotal role in providing comprehensive healthcare to beneficiaries in Al-Khawkhah District. The laboratory department served 1,079 individuals for necessary medical tests, and medications and medical supplies were dispensed to 2,424 patients to ensure the completion of their treatment.
The healthcare department also reviewed 1,826 cases, provided blood transfusions to 11 patients with critical health conditions, and performed electrocardiograms for 4 patients. This brings the total number of medical and support services provided to beneficiaries this week to 8,545.
A lifeline amid the Yemeni humanitarian crisis
These ongoing medical efforts come at a time when Yemen's health sector is suffering a severe decline due to years of conflict, which has rendered more than half of its health facilities inoperable. The coastal areas of Hodeidah Governorate, including Al-Khawkhah District, are among the most affected and in dire need of urgent medical intervention due to high rates of internal displacement and the spread of seasonal diseases and epidemics.
These mobile clinics serve as a true lifeline for displaced families and host communities lacking the most basic healthcare, providing them with free medical services without the hardship of travel and the exorbitant costs of treatment in major cities.
The humanitarian impact of mobile clinics in Al-Khokha
project in Al-Khawkhah directly contributes to achieving health security and reducing mortality rates from common diseases and acute malnutrition among children and mothers. Regionally and internationally, this project highlights the leading role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, in spearheading humanitarian efforts and providing effective and sustainable support to the brotherly Yemeni people, in line with the United Nations' humanitarian response plans in Yemen.
