Patients' Subsidy Fund Launches Campaign to Support Yemen's Health Sector

The Patients’ Aid Fund Association launched a national donation campaign yesterday, Tuesday, under the slogan “Aid for Yemen,” as part of the “Kuwait is by Your Side” initiative, in collaboration with charitable societies and in coordination with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs. The campaign aims to provide medical equipment, devices, medicines, and supplies to hospitals and health facilities in fraternal Yemen.

Jamal Al-Fawzan, the association’s general director, told KUNA that the launch of the campaign responds to the urgent health needs identified by the Yemeni Ministry of Health through official channels, with the goal of supporting hospitals and enhancing the health sector’s capacity to deliver medical and therapeutic services to patients and those in need.

Al-Fawzan added that the campaign, which began at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, will run until midnight on Thursday, November 12. He called on philanthropists, private institutions, and charitable societies to contribute to meeting the necessary medical needs and alleviating the suffering of patients in Yemen.

He clarified that the needs specified by the Yemeni Ministry of Health are divided into three main categories: medical devices and equipment, medicines, and medical supplies. These include ambulances, field hospital setups, and dialysis machines, as well as medicines and materials used in operating rooms and therapeutic facilities.

He noted that participating charitable societies will collect donations through their approved links, then purchase the required medical supplies from the local market and deliver them to the Patients’ Aid Fund Association, or transfer the collected funds to it after obtaining the necessary approvals from the Ministry of Social Affairs. The association will then handle the purchasing, preparation, and shipping processes.

He explained that the association will coordinate the procurement of medical devices, medicines, and supplies in cooperation with participating entities, leveraging wholesale prices to ensure that donations are directed toward fulfilling the maximum possible amount of required health needs. He added that the aid will be transported via an aid convoy to the Saudi-Yemeni border, with the aim of handing it over to the relevant Yemeni government authorities according to approved arrangements to ensure its delivery to the health sector and beneficiary facilities.