MERCY MALAYSIA TO FORM PARTNERSHIP WITH UK PARTIES TO SEND AID TO GAZA

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- Mercy Malaysia will seek partnerships
with private bodies and hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK) to facilitate the
entry of aid into Gaza.

"Being British, they have better chance of access into Gaza through Israel,
that is the logic behind the partnerships," Mercy Malaysia president Dr
Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus told a news conference, here Tuesday.

He said Mercy Malaysia had engaged in similar cooperations with a few bodies
and hospitals in the UK during the conflict in Lebanon in 2006.

He said Mercy Malaysia could not channel aid fund effectively following the
restrictions by the Israelis.

Out of the RM10.84 million (US$1-RM3.29) collected under the Mercy
Malaysia's Gaza Relief Fund, a total of RM4.48 million had been spent as of May
31 this year, he said.

Ahmad Faizal said Mercy Malaysia had donated several ambulances
including
for Mohamed bin Rashed Al Maktoum Hospital, the Patient's Friends Benevolent
Society and Al-Jazeera Sports Club for the Disabled.

It had also donated medical and surgical equipment to El Hilal El Emirati
Tal Sultan Hospital, Khan Younis and Annassir Hospital.

Ahmad Faizal said Mercy Malaysia had helped in setting up the Al-Amal Centre
for Care and Psychological Consultation following the signing of a memorandum of
agreement with Emaar Society in June last year.

"In this particular programme our psychologists and psychiatrists from
Malaysia initially help to give inputs through a long distance relationship
since the restriction by Israel.

-- BERNAMA



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