Day: August 18, 2022

Riyadh– The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) yesterday carried out its first international flight, evacuating a female citizen suffering from a health condition in Georgia, after reactivating the air ambulance service, in coordination with the Health Ministry.

The specialized medical evacuation team provided health care during the flight, which was the first international flight to evacuate sick or injured citizens, ensure their access to health facilities and provide them with the best medical care.

The air ambulance service comes within the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and the health sector transformation program by enhancing the quality of ambulance services. Through its air ambulance services, SRCA started delivering services to 200 patients and transferred them to specialized medical facilities under the supervision of a specialized ambulance team.

Through this service, the Saudi ed Crescent Authority seeks to enhance the quality of ambulance services and activate the principle of “save lives” through its initiatives at the national and international levels.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The world-famous show “Disney on Ice” activities will begin at the Boulevard Arena in Riyadh on August 25 and continue until September 21, offering the visitors daily entertaining activities at 4:00 and 8:00 PM.

The “Disney on Ice” show in the Kingdom is part of the international entertainment activities offered by the General Entertainment Authority. It provides a unique experience for visitors that gives them wonderful and mesmerizing times in the Boulevard Arena.

The Disney on Ice show in Riyadh gives visitors joy and adventure to instill extraordinary memories in their minds through the fun that stimulates reality with imagination.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh, August 18, 2022, SPA– Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, met at the center’s headquarters in Riyadh yesterday, the Omani Siamese twins Safa and Marwa Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Jardani and their parents, who underwent successful surgery to separate adhesions in the skull, brain membrane and intervening veins at King Abdulaziz Medical City in the National Guard in Riyadh in 2007.

Dr. Al Rabeeah stressed that the high international status reached by the Saudi program for separating conjoined twins would not have been realized without the unlimited support and attention of the wise leadership, adding that the Kingdom has become specialized in performing complex surgical operations due to its human capabilities and advanced technology that made it a destination for treatment from inside or outside the Kingdom. Dr. Al Rabeeah noted that the program reflects the Kingdom’s humanitarian responsibility to relieve human suffering.

The parents of the Omani twins expressed their appreciation to the Kingdom’s government and the Saudi people for harnessing the necessary efforts to conduct the separation and treatment of their two children, stressing that this gesture had a great impact on their lives.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– Riyadh will host the Future of Desalination International Conference (FDIConf 2022), the first global gathering of its kind that explores the prospects and solutions for the future of water in the world to develop the industry and research and propose sustainable solutions, under the theme “desalination in space”, organized by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) from 11- 13 September, with the participation by policymakers, innovators, financiers, marketers, operators, contractors, developers, and technology suppliers from around the world.

The conference will see the launch of a set of initiatives and qualitative alliances to enhance water desalination infrastructure during the next decade, namely the World Bank initiative to support investment plans in regulating water desalination, discuss new solutions to find cost-saving opportunities, and invest in unconventional water resources.

This comes in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which inspires the world with its responsible approach to finding modern solutions for energy and climate to participate in efforts to build a sustainable future that reaches zero neutrality by 2060 while committed to accelerating the transition of ideas from innovation in the lab to commercial implementation.

The conference will draw a roadmap for the development of the unconventional water desalination industry until 2030, by examining opportunities to reduce carbon emissions by 50%, develop revenues in the industry, and control the cost of water desalination to reach the world record price of (0.32) dollars per cubic meter.

The conference will take the attendees to the future through the “Desalination Future Dome”, which will display the possibility of finding water in space, undersea and floating systems. FDIConf 2022 calls on interested parties to join the global gathering and to be part of its new innovative solutions, via login into the following link: https://exicon.eventsair.com/fdiconf/reg-en/Site/Register.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Jeddah– The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of utmost condolences and sympathies to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on the victims of the wildfire raging in the forests of a number of provinces, resulted in the killing and injuring of a number of people.

In his cable, the King expressed his profound sorrow and sincere sympathy to the Algerian President and families of the deceased, wishing the injured a speedy recovery and appealing to Allah Almighty to preserve the President and people of Algeria against any harm.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) has organized the closing ceremony of the first edition of its Gifted Arab Initiative 2021, and Mawhiba Academic Enrichment Program 2022, in the presence of ambassadors and diplomats from Arab countries.

The ceremony celebrated the 205 students from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Libya, Tunisia, and Jordan who completed the initiative.

The students finished programs hosted at King Saud University and Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University, where they spent a month learning in top tier of various sciences, engineering, and scientific research.

Source: Saudi Press Agency