Hello, My name is Neil. I’m a family and emergency physician. Earlier this year I was visiting Turkey and became increasingly interested in the Syrian conflict, as border skirmishes and politics kept it in the news frequently. I’ve been aware of it, but something about proximity makes it more palpable. Due to widespread unrest in Turkey it...
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Post Mission Report
This report was written by Dr. Rania Habal who participated in both the March and June missions. She is reporting back to donors who supplied medications she took with her in March. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More than 35 US physicians, pharmacists and humanitarians, including teachers and social workers joined in. We had 2 neurosurgeons – Harvard and...
Reflections from one of our medical mission volunteers
Please read the reflection from one of the volunteers in our last mission in June. Our next mission is September 6-13, 2013. Please contact Rita at 206-545-7300 if you want to join this mission. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Dr. Samir Ataya: AA, Syrian crisis started in March 2011 after the Syrian government decided to end the legitimate...
Next Medical Mission to Jordan Sept 6-12, 2013
The dates of the next medical mission have been set and we are now signing people up who want to participate. Call Rita at 206-545-7300 or email her at ritazawaideh@hotmail.com for more information. Anyone can join the mission – both physicians and non-physicians. We are especially in need of the following expertise: Dermatology Plastic Surgery...
Daily schedule
Here is a look at where the mission members went each day. There were clinics, hospitals, camps and more to get to so we could help the people there in need. Van 1 Irbid Eaton Ahed Alfa Ped Rania Habal EM Abir Mangels Anes Khalil Kurkour IM Hayat Ali DDS Van 2 Hospitals & JWU...
Why do we do these missions?
It is for the children that all of us are working and helping and going on these missions. This is the next generation that is being destroyed – mentality and physically. Some of them are stronger than others and will come out of it, but the others that we see are so depressed with what...
Mission daily schedule
Each day is set a program for the doctors as to where they will be going to work. The program starts out at 8am or 8:30am depending on when we get back in the evenings and it will continue until they finish seeing patients. The clinics are open and we let the people know in...