New Delhi: India and Palestine on Wednesday signed agreements on setting up a 200-bed super speciality hospital and a vocational training centre as a top Indian diplomat met the senior Palestinian leadership to discuss development cooperation in a range of areas.
A consignment of life-saving medicines was handed over by the Indian side to the Palestinian health ministry. The two sides discussed ways to strengthen India’s support to the Palestinian health sector and Ranganathan highlighted the deployment of an Indian field hospital in Gaza . Ranganathan participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the 200-bed Indian super speciality hospital in Jenin along with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and other dignitaries. This is part of a larger consignment, including anti-cancer drugs, provided in response to a request from the Palestinian side and reinforces India’s continuing humanitarian and healthcare support, officials said. India’s efforts to organise an artificial limb fitment camp, building on another successful camp held in 2023, figured at a meeting between Ranganathan and Palestinian health minister Majed Abu Ramadan.
The two sides also signed the bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the hospital, which will include a trauma centre, and another MoU for establishing a Technical and Vocational Education and Training Centre within the Palestinian National Printing Press. The hospital will serve Jenin and neighbouring governorates, including Tulkarm and Tubas. The training centre will provide employment-oriented training in the printing sector and build on India’s existing support to the Palestinian National Printing Press.
