Pope's Final Wish: Transforming Popemobile into Health Clinic for Gaza Children
The Vatican's official media revealed that one of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza, according to BBC.
The step comes as a response to one of the Pope's final wishes before his demise.
The late pontiff used this vehicle during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land.
Currently, the vehicle is being equipped with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in Gaza. Pope Francis
During the months before his death, Pope Francis entrusted the initiative to the Catholic aid organization Caritas Jerusalem, according to Vatican News.
'This is a concrete, life-saving intervention at a time when the health system in Gaza has almost completely collapsed,' Peter Brune, Secretary General of Caritas Sweden, which is supporting the project, said. Pope's Final Wish: Transforming Popemobile into Health Clinic for Gaza Children
Importantly, the mobile unit will feature medical personnel, rapid infection tests, vaccines, diagnostic tools, and suture kits.
'It's not just a vehicle. It's a message that the world has not forgotten about the children in Gaza,' Brune added.
Gaza is a home to a tiny Christian community and the Vatican has said Francis used to call the Holy Family Church in Gaza on an almost daily basis for much of the war.
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