New Delhi: A group of 90 Yemeni nationals, injured in the ongoing conflict in that country have arrived here for medical treatment, with two of them being admitted to an intensive care unit of a hospital.
“The injured persons, mostly men, arrived in Delhi on Friday and were accompanied by staff from the UAE Embassy here and officials of the VPS Healthcare group.
“Most of them are doing fine and recuperating. Only two of them have been admitted to the ICU,” an official of the Rockland Hospital in Vasant Kunj, told PTI.
The injured persons include all adults and no children, he said.
“Some of the patients are admitted at Rockland Hospital in Vasant Kunj and the rest at its another hospital in Manesar, Gurgaon,” the official said.
The injured Yemenis and their escorts left for India to continue their medical treatment under a special programme sponsored by the UAE humanitarian aid authority Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC), according to a statement released by the UAE’s official news agency Wam.
The ERC had announced last week that it will also bear the cost of medical escorts who will travel along with the injured to ensure that their health and psychological conditions are cared for.
The move also comes in the context of the continuous support provided by the UAE to Yemenis to alleviate their suffering and stand by them in these difficult times.
The Rockland Hospital is part of the VPS Healthcare group, an international network of 19 hospitals in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. In India, it runs a chain of multi-specialty hospitals in the national capital region — Vasant Kunj, Dwarka and Gurgaon.
Since the conflict broke out in Yemen in 2015, injured people from the war-torn country have been coming to India, seeking medical treatment.
