KARACHI: A new online health clinic is offering remote medical care to women and children in war-ravaged Yemen.
More than 200 people in just over a week, are available for free at the Maternal and Child Telecenter (MCT), a healthcare facility in the Abyan governorate of Yemen.
At the facility, a coordinator who is fluent in Arabic and English connects the patients with a teleclinic in Karachi, where women doctors from across Pakistan and 15 other countries including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Canada, and the UAE provide free online consultations and treatment.
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Maryam Abdullah Saleh Ahmed, a nurse at the facility, said, “We have provided treatment to over 200 patients within a week. People are happy because they get properly diagnosed and treated including medicines.”
Beyond Abyan, EDUCAST has plans to set up similar centers in the Maarib and Hazarul Maut areas of Yemen. “The next destination would be Maarib, where a mobile unit will also be set up,” Butt said.
According to the World Health Organization, one-fifth of the people in conflict zones suffer from mental health conditions, such as stress, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychosis.
