Baghdad-SANA
The Husseiniya Shrine in Iraq announced sending an aid convoy to relief the victims of the earthquake in Syria, indicating its readiness to treat cancer patients and the elderly affected by the earthquake in its hospitals in Karbala Governorate.
And the Iraqi News Agency “INA” quoted the supervisor of the Husseiniya shrine, Sheikh Abd al-Mahdi al-Karbalai, as saying: It was decided to transfer and treat the injured, as a result of the earthquake, those with cancer, and the elderly among the Syrian people at the expense of the shrine, indicating that efforts are continuing to deliver more aid to the brothers in Syrian.
For his part, the Secretary General of the Holy Shrine, Hassan al-Abaiji, announced the arrival of several vehicles loaded with humanitarian, medical and food aid to Lattakia Governorate, confirming their continuity to deliver the second meal soon to the areas affected by the earthquake in Syria.
Al-Abaiji indicated that the first relief operations and the first convoy that arrived in Lattakia included 1,000 tons of various foodstuffs, mobile hospitals, medicines, as well as oil derivatives.
For his part, the head of the Health and Medical Education Authority at the shrine, Dr. Sattar Al-Saadi, explained that work is underway to set up a field hospital for the experienced medical staff to start providing support in it, pointing out that there is coordination between the Iraqi and Syrian sides in order to facilitate the procedures for the work of the mobile hospital convoy for the purpose of relief for the affected.
Iraq, with its various governmental and popular bodies, continues to send aid in all its forms to provide relief to the victims of the earthquake in Syria.
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