Kyrgyz President Thanks Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Rural Mobile Clinics
Makkah, KSA, 03.12.2014 - HE Almazbek Atambayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, expressed his appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, for financing 5 advanced mobile health clinics to be deployed in a number of rural areas in his country. This came at a ceremony in the holy city of Makkah where, as part of his current visit to Saudi Arabia, President Atambayev graced the signing of the relevant agreement between Kyrgyz Foreign Minister HE Erlan Abdıldayev and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group Chairman, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali.
The mobile health clinics project in rural areas of the Kyrgyz Republic is part of a SAR 1 billion (US $266.5 million) program totally funded by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and implemented by IDB for establishing 75 mobile clinics in several Islamic countries and Muslim communities.
The program is aimed at offering general medical services to the least developed areas and contributing to medical treatment of the needy. The mobile health clinics will provide primary health care, medical x-rays and tests. The program is also expected to contribute to promoting the health and medical standards in the countries concerned, training and upgrading of the local medical staff in accordance with global professional standards enabling them to meet the requirements for treatment of eye, ENT and urinary tract disorders as well as cancer and heart diseases, etc.
On the occasion, the IDB Group Chairman told the press that in addition to the Kyrgyz Republic, the mobile health clinics program funded by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques will cover Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Yemen as well as a number of other countries in the Asian continent.
Makkah, KSA, 03.12.2014 - HE Almazbek Atambayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, expressed his appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, for financing 5 advanced mobile health clinics to be deployed in a number of rural areas in his country. This came at a ceremony in the holy city of Makkah where, as part of his current visit to Saudi Arabia, President Atambayev graced the signing of the relevant agreement between Kyrgyz Foreign Minister HE Erlan Abdıldayev and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group Chairman, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali.
The mobile health clinics project in rural areas of the Kyrgyz Republic is part of a SAR 1 billion (US $266.5 million) program totally funded by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and implemented by IDB for establishing 75 mobile clinics in several Islamic countries and Muslim communities.
The program is aimed at offering general medical services to the least developed areas and contributing to medical treatment of the needy. The mobile health clinics will provide primary health care, medical x-rays and tests. The program is also expected to contribute to promoting the health and medical standards in the countries concerned, training and upgrading of the local medical staff in accordance with global professional standards enabling them to meet the requirements for treatment of eye, ENT and urinary tract disorders as well as cancer and heart diseases, etc.
On the occasion, the IDB Group Chairman told the press that in addition to the Kyrgyz Republic, the mobile health clinics program funded by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques will cover Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Yemen as well as a number of other countries in the Asian continent.