Expats Make Up Half Of The 2,800 People Diagnosed With Cancer Each Year

 
 
 

Based on recent statistics, Dr. Khaled Al-Saleh, Chairman of the Kuwait Anti-Smoking and Cancer Society and Head of the Society's Cancer Patients Fund, said Kuwait has more than 2,800 cancer patients each year, half of which are expatriates.

At the recent awards ceremony for pioneering social work held in Riyadh under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council's Ministers of Social Affairs, Al-Saleh said families are affected when their breadwinners become sick to the extent that their entire lifestyle changes, and he stressed that families such as these need support.

From monthly assistance to medical assistance to helping specialist doctors develop a treatment plan, the Society's Cancer Patients Fund provides assistance to cancer patients.

As he pointed out, the fund allows cancer patients who have reached the end of their lives to travel to their home countries to spend the remainder of their lives with their families and financially support them until they are ready to return.

Al-Saleh pointed out “in addition to caring for the patient financially and psychologically, there is a special interest in the spiritual aspect, represented in organizing free Umrah trips for cancer patients with their companions, within a delegation that includes specialized medical and administrative teams and added more than 1,500 patients and their families have benefitted from this service.

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