UAE helps Syrian girl get medical treatment
August 28th, 2012 - 1:17 am ICT by IANSAmman, Aug 27 (IANS/WAM) Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, has ordered treatment of a four-month-old Syrian refugee girl who requires a bone marrow transplant following a disease.
For the past few weeks, the baby girl’s parents tried desperately to get her a life-saving treatment but were faced the problem of high expenses for the surgery.
Sheikh Hamdan issued his directives to the UAE embassy in Amman to pay for the girl’s surgery with bone marrow to be donated by one of her parents.
–IANS/WAM
sd
- UAE to set up camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan - Sep 04, 2012
- UAE delivers aid for Libyan schools - Sep 02, 2012
- UAE to launch campaign to raise donations for Yemen - Jun 21, 2012
- UAE to launch campaign for Horn of Africa's drought-hit - Aug 17, 2011
- UAE helping crisis-hit Yemen - Jul 01, 2012
- UAE leaders greet President Mukherjee on Independence Day - Aug 16, 2012
- UAE charity campaign arrives in Egypt - Jan 15, 2011
- UAE donates $5 mn to US clinic - Jan 31, 2012
- UAE armed forces holds mass wedding for troopers - Dec 29, 2011
- UAE, China hold bilateral talks - Mar 30, 2012
- UAE participates 'Friends of Syria' conference - Feb 25, 2012
- UAE president honours national Olympic football team - Mar 27, 2012
- South Korean team to evaluate development works in UAE - Feb 12, 2011
- UAE sends 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Libyan refugees - Mar 19, 2011
- Abu Dhabi to host earth summit - Dec 08, 2011
Tags: baby girl, bone marrow transplant, medical treatment, parents, red crescent, refugee girl, sheikh hamdan bin zayed, sheikh hamdan bin zayed al nahyan, uae embassy, wam, zayed al nahyan