On December 16, 2022, the Ambassador the Czech Republic in Lebanon H.E. Mr. Jirí Doležel handed over to the General manager of the RHUH Dr. Jihad Sadeh a donation of the Czech Republic composed of medical equipment for the neonatology intensive care unit, delivery suit and operation room of the hospital.
The donation of medical equipment from the Czech Republic comprises the neonatal incubators, phototherapeutic lamps, birthing beds, operating table, electric power tools and sets of operating instruments.
The overall value of the Czech Republic donation is 250.000 USD, and it was financed from the Reconstruction Programme of the Czech Republic in the Middle East region for the period 2022–2024 approved by the Czech Republic government in November 2021.
RHUH is the central governmental public hospital in Beirut and serving mainly the underprivileged population (Lebanese and Syrian refugees).
Thanks to the new Czech medical equipment for the neonatology department, the RHUH hospital will be able to improve the quality of care for premature babies as well as the overall quality of hospital services for all its patients, including the vulnerable population from Lebanese and Syrian communities.
Previous cooperation between Czech Embassy and RHUH:
The current project donation builds on the previous successful cooperation between the Czech Republic Embassy in Beirut and the RHUH. In 2017, under the MEDEVAC program, the Czech Republic financed the purchase of an ophthalmic device (value of 100.000, – USD) for the RHUH hospital. Since 2018, during 5 missions, a total of 371 free Cataract Surgeries were successfully done at RHUH by the Czech medical team as a result of cooperation between the Czech Medevac Program, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lebanon and Amel Association.
After the blast in the port of Beirut in August 2020, the Czech Republic sent immediately a humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The medical equipment that was part of this aid was also donated to Rafik Hariri University Hospital.
In January 2021, a donation composed of 6 special birthing beds and 6 baby cribs for new-born babies, with 3 electrocoagulation machines was delivered to the obstetrical department of the RHUH.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon