| Location: | Al Hamshari Hospital, Sidon, Lebanon | Term of Cooperation: Dec. 22-28 |
| Implementing Organizations: | PICA, Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), Al Hamshari Hospital, and the Palestinian Embassy in Lebanon, Eversight eye bank. | SDG:   |
| Background: | In February 2022, the Palestinian International Cooperation Agency conducted its first cornea transplant mission in Cote d’Ivoire. Following this mission, we received an official request to conduct a similar program at Al Hamashari hospital. After an assessment, we realized that there were patients on the waiting list that urgently needed new corneas. Therefore, PICA decided to conduct the first phase of this program to transfer the Palestinian expertise in the cornea transplant field. | |
| Purpose: | Support the medical efforts of Al Hamshari Hospital. | |
| Outputs: | 1-PICA surgeons performed 30 medical screenings and examinations to choose the patients for the surgeries. 2- Conducting cornea transplant surgeries to the patients. 3- Providing medical consultations to the doctors at the Ophthalmology department during the mission. | |
| Activities: | 1- Conducting technical visits to Al Hamshari hospital to prepare for the surgeries 2- Meetings with the director general of Al Hamshari hospital and the medical crew. 3- Follow up medical checkups after the surgeries were conducted to all the patients in order to monitor their medical status. | |
| Working Framework: | Technical Cooperation-Enhancing bilateral and south-south cooperation through transferring the Palestinian knowledge in the medical field to support the health sector in Lebanon. | |
| Beneficiaries: | Al Hamashari Hospital (Palestine Red Crescent Hospital) |