Ethiopian, Djibouti doctors arrive in Mogadishu to treat blast victims 

Ethiopian, Djibouti doctors arrive in Mogadishu to treat blast victims 

Source: Thursday November 3, 2022

Mogadishu (HOL) – Medical professionals from Ethiopia and Djibouti arrived in Mogadishu on Thursday, answering the Somali President’s call requesting doctors and surgeons from friendly countries to aid Saturday’s terror attack victims.

Somalia’s Health Minister, Dr. Ali Haji Aden Adan and senior government figures welcomed a delegation of Ethiopian doctors to Mogadishu’s airport.

According to the ministry of health, the Ethiopian health team consists of veteran surgeons who will get to work immediately.

Earlier in the day, the government of Djibouti sent a specialist doctor and medicine to Somalia.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the federal health minister appealed to the international community to send aid, medicine and doctors in the wake of a horrific terror attack on Saturday that killed over 100 people.

The deadly terror attack occurred at the same busy intersection where al-Shabab militants killed over 500 people five years earlier in a similar truck bomb attack.

The Al Qaeda-linked militant insurgent group al Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The federal government formed a ten-person committee led by the health minister to coordinate the emergency response. 

A team of Turkish doctors arrived in Somalia’s capital on Wednesday to treat blast victims. Four victims with serious injuries were airlifted to be treated in Turkish hospitals.

Somalia’s President said the attack strengthened the resolve of the Somali people to continue their fight against al-Shabab.