World Bulletin
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Helping to improve people's welfare all around the world, Doctors
Worldwide will continue with their activities to improve the conditions
of health institutions.
Refusing to give up on its activities in Somalia, Doctors Worldwide,
in addition to the medical assistance it provides, creates projects to
help Somalia become more self-sufficient so as to provide medical care
for its own people. It even sent a health team to Somalia after a
bombing attack on the Turkish Embassy under the scope of its
Turkish-Somali health education project.
These doctors announced that they will always embrace Somali people and will not leave them to their fate.
Helping to improve people's welfare all around the world, Doctors
Worldwide will continue with their activities to improve the conditions
of health institutions.
They made a press statement after the terrorist attack on Turkish
Embassy in the capital of Somalia noting that this attack will not deter
them from helping the people of Somalia. After analyzing what Somalia
was in need of, they took on the expenses of the treatments of the
patients in the country.
Dr. Kerem Kınık, the chairman of the board of Doctors Worldwide,
stated in a press conference a month ago that “thanks to the support of
Turkey, Somali people are happy to see the progress being made in their
country the field of health in the last two years.”
“The people of Mogadishu called out for help after Somalia was
devastated by famine. We responded to their call as they are our
brothers and sisters. We opened a hospital with a budget of $1 million
in Mogadishu, noting that the people of Mogadishu could not even provide
the simplest of treatments to its patients. Treating thousands of
patients on foot, the hospital has been providing free health services
since the day it started providing medical services in Mogadishu.
Somalis were also provided with free medication worth $3 million. About
120 doctors from Turkey went to Somalia to treat people in need. Three
nutrition health centers were established mostly for women and babies
affected by the drought and famine in Somalia. We treated more than
40,000 women and children in these places. To ensure longevity, we will
continue with our activities in Somalia, avoiding temporary solutions to
problems. What we aim for is long-term solutions,” Kınık said.
“We started as a movement which aims to help people in need
regardless of their religion, language, race or gender. We have provided
assistance to more than 30 countries. We carried out our activities
with a great deal of sensitivity without any kind of discrimination,” he
added.