- ARAB NEWS
- 27 Apr 2024
Since 1975
LONDON: The UAE has announced that it is working with various international organizations and hospitals to install SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband at its field hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Emirates News Agency has reported.
“The Israeli security authorities approved the provision of Starlink services at the UAE’s field hospital operating in Rafah,” Israel’s Communications Ministry said in a statement.
The facility will be equipped with Starlink internet service, facilitating potentially lifesaving medical consultations via real-time video calling.
The country’s foreign ministry said the move was in line with the UAE’s unwavering commitment to standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people during Israel’s war, which has wounded more than 68,000 people since October.
It also emphasized the importance of reliable high-speed internet in ensuring quality medical care for Palestinians in Gaza’s hospitals.
The ministry reaffirmed the importance of providing immediate, safe, sustainable, and unhindered humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Some of the organizations and hospitals collaborating with the UAE include Great Ormond Street Hospital in London; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC; Boston Children’s Hospital; the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Cleveland Clinic Foundation; the Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome; the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genoa, Italy; and the Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Hospital in Spain.
