| Project | MEDICAL REHABILITATION OUTREACH PROGRAMME IN RAFAH |
| Objectives | To provide medical rehabilitation services for the disabled survivors to get their post-medical treatment. |
| Project Partners | El-Wafa Charitable Society |
| Activities | Organised an outreach programme to provide medical rehabilitation services in Rafah City. The outreach team will travel everyday to Rafah City to do house-to-house visit to provide medical rehabilitation. |
| Locations | Rafah City |
| Period | July 2009 |
| Accomplishments | Patients who are registered with El-Wafa Hospital will be able to receive physiotherapy, occupational therapy and primary health services at the comfort of their own home. |
BACKGROUND
MERCY Malaysia in collaboration with El-Wafa Charitable Society organised an outreach programme to provide medical rehabilitation services in Rafah City, and signed a MoU in April 2009. The programme was initiated on July 2009, and is the first medical rehabilitation outreach programme of its kind for MERCY Malaysia.
El-Wafa Medical Rehabilitation and Specialist Surgery Hospital (El-Wafa Hospital) is currently the focal point for the disabled survivors to get their post-medical treatment. Disabled survivors living in the southern part of the Gaza Strip encounter logistical challenges to access the services at El-Wafa Hospital in the north, as their disability became a major hindrance in getting follow-up treatment.