ABU DHABI, 22nd April, 2017 (WAM) -- The Zayed Giving Initiative, aUAE humanitarian initiative, recently treated 4,500 Egyptian childrenand elderly people in collaboration with UAE-based charities, theSaudi-German Hospitals Group and the Egyptian Ministry of Youth andSports.

A group of 50 volunteer Emirati and Egyptian doctors and medical staffwere involved in the effort using a UAE-Egyptian mobile hospital.

Dr. Hosam Abu Sati, Under-Secretary of the Egyptian Ministry of Healthand Population, thanked the UAE and its leadership, especiallyPresident His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, VicePresident and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness SheikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed binZayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy SupremeCommander of the UAE Armed Forces, for supporting humanitarianinitiatives across the world.

The latest effort by the UAE, a leader in global humanitarian action,was welcomed at the popular and governmental levels.

Dr. Reem Othman, Humanitarian Work Ambassador at the Zayed GivingInitiative, noted that the initiative, which was launched 17 yearsago, has provided free medical treatment for millions of people,regardless of colour, sex, race or faith.

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