Saudi Arabia hands over the dialysis center building to Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - On Saturday, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center handed over the building of the dialysis center at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to the Ministry of Health and Community Welfare of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

The center will be used, upon the request of the Somali Ministry of Health, as a temporary headquarters for examining and treating people with Coronavirus, provided that the project is completed After completing the quarantine and treatment of the injured of Corona (Covid-19), and this is a contribution from the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his faithful Crown Prince to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Somali people as a result of this pandemic.

Handover ceremony

The handover ceremony of the Dialysis Center building was held at the Somali Ministry of Health in the presence of the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Ghani Khayyat, the Director of the Center’s Branch in Africa, Saad Muhanna Al-Suwaid, and the representative of the Ministry of Health and Community Welfare in the Federal Republic of Somalia, Counselor Dr. Abdul Razzaq Yusef Ahmed Jalaluddin, Mustafa Adam Daqal, Director of the Arab Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Director of Banadir Hospital for Maternity and Childhood in Mogadishu, Dr. Farton Sharif Muhammad, the Director of the Dialysis Center, Dr. Muhammad Othman Muhammad, the Director of Projects at the King Salman Center Branch in Africa, Professor Ibrahim Abdel Qader, and a number of Officials of the Somali Ministry of Health,

Saudi contribution

After the handover, the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr.Muhammad Abdul-Ghani Khayyat, told local and international media that the building of the dialysis center will be used as a temporary headquarters for examining and treating people with Coronavirus and quarantining critical health cases, in response to the Somali government’s request and the contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For siblings in Somalia, provided that the kidney dialysis center project is completed after the end of the Corona pandemic.

For his part, the representative of the Ministry of Health and Community Welfare in the Federal Republic of Somalia, Counselor, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Yusef Ahmed Jalaluddin, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his trustworthy Crown Prince – may God protect them – and to the people of the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has never been late in extending a helping hand to the brothers in Somalia, also thanked the King Salman Center for Relief, noting that there are many projects that the Kingdom offers through the center in the Federal Republic of Somalia.

It is noteworthy that the Kingdom, represented by the King Salman Relief Center, is implementing many relief projects and development programs in the Republic of Somalia in various educational, health, water, and environmental sanitation sectors, in support of the brothers in Somalia.