GENEVA — Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel held a bilateral meeting with his Syrian counterpart Musab Al-Ali at the United Nations office in Geneva. During the meeting, they discussed various challenges facing the health system in Syria and opportunities for bilateral cooperation to address these challenges. Al-Jalajel and Al-Ali arrived in Geneva to attend the 78th session of the World Health Assembly. Meanwhile, a delegation from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), accompanied by officials from the Syrian Ministry of Health, visited several hospitals in Syria to assess the hospitals' needs. A volunteer medical team from the KSrelief, comprising various medical specialties, visited Damascus to implement a voluntary medical project for open-heart surgery and cardiac catheterization for adults. This visit is part of the Saudi Amal Volunteer Program, an extension of the voluntary medical projects implemented by the Kingdom through its humanitarian arm KSRelief to assist low-income individuals and families in countries in need. This is within the framework of Saudi Arabia's humanitarian role in assisting friendly countries facing ordeals and crises, as an extension of the Kingdom's unwavering support to charitable and humanitarian work around the world.
