\n Medics in the West Bank have said the hospital infrastructure is struggling to cope with a rising need for paediatric surgery, as it faces pressure from conflict and restricted movement.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kids Operating Room uses its hub in Dundee<\/a> to assemble medical equipment for paediatric facilities in countries experiencing humanitarian crises.\n<\/p>\n \n It said constructing the operating room in Hebron was one of its most challenging projects to date, involving 3000 pieces of equipment.\n<\/p>\n \n Kids Operating Room recently installed six theatres in Ukraine<\/a> which can be powered by solar energy, meaning they can continue working during blackouts.\n<\/p>\n \n It plans to open two further paediatric operating rooms in Bethlehem and Jericho.\n<\/p>\n \n \n Kids Operating Room co-founder Garreth Wood and Middle East regional director Tariq Shadid travelled to Hebron for the opening.\n<\/p>\n \n Wood said: \u201cGetting this operating room here has tested us enormously.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cBut children in the West Bank still get appendicitis. They\u2019re still born with conditions that need surgery. Conflict doesn\u2019t change that \u2013 it just makes getting them the care they need much harder.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n He spoke of his pride in the team which constructed the facility, adding: \u201cWe\u2019ve committed to an initial three operating rooms across the West Bank, and we\u2019re going to deliver them.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThis theatre isn\u2019t a temporary fix, it\u2019s permanent infrastructure that will serve children in Hebron for decades to come.\n<\/p>\nPhoto issued by Kids Operating Room of its first paediatric operating theatre in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. (Image: Kids Operating Room\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n