Dr Youssef Al-Takrouri

Who Dr Youssef Al-Takrouri is

Dr Youssef Abd Al-Hamid Al-Takrouri is the General Director of Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, the largest private hospital in the West Bank, which is affiliated with the Patients' Friends Society. He also serves as President of the Palestine Hospitals Union (Private and NGO sector). In August 2026 he was quoted in UK press when the Scottish charity Kids Operating Room opened the first dedicated paediatric operating room at Al-Ahli Hospital, a project involving 3,000 pieces of equipment. He has spoken publicly about the long waiting lists for paediatric surgery in the West Bank and the operational constraints caused by shared surgical facilities. During the COVID-19 pandemic he served as a member of Hebron's Higher Emergency Committee and helped establish a dedicated COVID-19 testing laboratory at the hospital.

References for this biography

1. 1.Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bank – ITV News — Identifies Dr Youssef Al-Takrouri as general director of Al-Ahli Hospital and quotes him on the new paediatric operating room and waiting lists for children's surgery.
2. 2.Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bank – Morning Star — Second UK press outlet quoting Dr Al-Takrouri by name and title on the KidsOR paediatric theatre opening in Hebron, August 2026.
3. 3.Dr Yousef Takrouri – YDRC Board of Directors — Establishes his role as General Director of Al-Ahli Hospital, Hebron, and President of the Palestine Hospitals Union; describes his COVID-19 emergency committee leadership and focus on hospital administration and academic partnerships.
4. 4.Al-Ahli Hospital – official website — Confirms the hospital's official web presence and scale: more than 160,000 patients annually and affiliated nursing college.

Notable achievements

• Partnered with Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) to open the first dedicated paediatric operating room at Al-Ahli Hospital, Hebron, in August 2026. Source ↗
• Serves as President of the Palestine Hospitals Union (Private and NGO sector), as listed on the YDRC board of directors page. Source ↗
• Led Al-Ahli Hospital's role in Hebron's Higher Emergency Committee during COVID-19, including establishing a dedicated COVID-19 testing laboratory. Source ↗

What Dr Youssef Al-Takrouri has said

• “There is a long waiting list for children who need these operations, and some have to wait a long time for surgery. Until now, we have operated two days a week because we share an operating room with other surgical services. With a dedicated operating room, we will be able to operate throughout the week, specifically for children and paediatric cardiac surgery.”

  General director of al-Ahli Hospital · Children's health · 27 Aug 2026 · Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bank ↗

• “There is a long waiting list for children who need these operations, and some have to wait a long time for surgery. This new operating room will help us reduce that waiting list.”

  general director of Al-Ahli Hospital · Children's health · 27 Aug 2026 · Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bank ↗

Where Dr Youssef Al-Takrouri has been quoted

1. Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bankindependent.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
2. Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bankmorningstaronline.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026
3. Charity opens first paediatric operating room in West Bankmiddevonstar.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warnsThe Irish Times
• Runners deliver joy to Oxford children's hospital during epic challengeOxford Mail
• ‘It is a necessity’: Leeds Children's Hospital campaign to protect vital seven-day play supportYorkshire Evening Post

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://ydrc.ps/content/board-of-directors/250.html
• Websitehttp://www.ahli.orgpublished here ↗

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