WAM said two planes arrived at Port Sudan airport carrying 100 tons of emergency medical supplies and essential drugs to treat injuries and emergency surgeries.
Medical supplies include a wide range of emergency trauma and wound medications, medications such as antibiotics, nonsteroidal medications, anti-inflammatories, medical dressings, surgical tapes and endoscopy kits.
The third plane, which was heading to Chad, was carrying 15 tons of food, which aims to provide urgent support to Sudanese refugees affected by the current conditions in Sudan, which have caused the displacement of thousands of families, and a shortage of food. basic food.
Sultan Al Shamsi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, said the dispatch of these medical and relief supplies comes under the directives of the wise leadership and its constant concern to provide support to the brothers. Sudanese.
Al Shamsi added that the UAE’s food and medical aid airlift is a continuation of the country’s humanitarian approach based on helping countries in times of need and contributing to mitigation. humanitarian repercussions faced by Sudanese as a result of the current crisis, as the UAE places the most needy patient groups, children and the elderly. Age and women are its top priority.
Since the beginning of the crisis, the United Arab Emirates has been among the first countries to send direct aid to Sudan as part of its constant concern to provide support to the Sudanese, as it has provided more than 240 tons of medical supplies and food and aid, in addition to the evacuation of 744 foreign nationals, diplomats and their families, as well as dozens of humanitarian cases and their transfer from Sudan to the UAE.
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