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Czech gov't to provide medical aid to Syria's child patients

Xinhua, November 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Czech government agreed on Wednesday to provide 5 million crowns (about 0.2 million U.S. dollars) in medical aid for five ill children from Aleppo, one of Syria's most war-ravaged cities, announced government spokesman Martin Ayrer on Twitter.

The medical aid will be under the government humanitarian medical evacuation program, MEDEVAC.

Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek said his ministry would provide the aid jointly with the interior ministry. The two ministries have made arrangements for the funds based on an agreement with the prime minister.

In June, the Czech government approved a plan to provide humanitarian, development and reconstruction aid worth 195 million crowns to Syria until 2019. The aid will be provided to support education and the renewal of health, educational and social facilities. Czech has sent six tonnes of medical material to Syria in October.

Since the foundation of the MEDEVAC program in 1993, a total of 219 patients (predominantly children) have been treated in the Czech Republic under the program. Apart from sending medical teams abroad, it secures the transfer of patients to the Czech Republic, the training of medical personnel, and the improvement of health infrastructure in selected countries.

The Czech Republic has provided humanitarian aid worth more than 100 million crowns to people in Syria and Syrian refugees abroad since the war erupted over five years ago. (1 U.S. dollar = 24.5 crowns) Endit