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The Kuwait Medical Association (KMA)Chairman Mohammad Al-Mutairi
KUWAIT, Sept 12 (KUNA) -- A medical team from the Kuwait Medical Association (KMA) left for Gaza on Friday to offer treatment and medical supplies to victims of the last Israeli aggression on the Strip.
The team includes 12 doctors, of various specializations, a member of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), and another from the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, said KMA Chairman Mohammad Al-Mutairi in a press statement.
The convoy was set off on the behest of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who placed Kuwait among the major supporters of the Palestinian people in Gaza, and was recently named a "Humanitarian Leader" by the UN.
Al-Mutairi also highlighted backing by Minister of Health Dr. Ali Saad Al-Obaidi, and the Ministry Undersecretary Khalid Al-Sahalwi, to facilitate procedures for the convoy to have access into Gaza.
According to the KMA chief, another medical convoy is slated for September 18.
Deputy KMA Chairman, who leads the medical mission to Gaza, Abdul-Mohsen Al-Kandari, said the team is coordinating with two hospitals in Al-Aresh and Gaza receives the convoy.
He added that the KRCS had provided the convoy with medical aid worth USD one million.
A medical team from the KRCS had arrived in Gaza yesterday on a few-day humanitarian visit to offer urgent relief supplies to the afflicted families in the Strip. (end)
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