More Life-Saving Supplies For Palestinians From Mercy

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Mercy Malaysia (Mercy) has deployed two more aid workers to Cairo, Egypt to help deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
They are its executive council member Prof Dr Ikram Mohd Salleh and a volunteer, Dr Al-Amin Mohamed Daud, whose role would be to manage medical supplies and equipment procured by Mercy for the victims of the Israeli attacks.
"The two will also coordinate the purchasing and equipping of four ambulance vehicles as well as a mobile blood bank unit," Mercy said in statement here today.
There are 30 ambulances in Gaza at the moment but the need is for 40, after bombs destroyed dozens of them.
Mercy said the efforts were part of its plan to deliver humanitarian assistance to the Gazans.
In the past three days it delivered two consignments of medicines and medical equipment into the war-torn area.
Last week, the first consignment of medicines and medical equipment weighing 50 tonnes were transported in five trucks into Gaza by the first team from Mercy Malaysia.
The second consignments consists of surgical sets and disposable items including syringes, intravenous infusions and bandages.
Mercy said they had put 20 volunteer doctors on standby.
So far the Mercy Malaysia Palestine Relief Fund had received RM5.35 million from corporate sectors and members of the public.

More information on the donation can be obtained from www.mercy.org.my or telephone number 03-22733999.