Canadian
Relief for Syria (CRS) is saddened by the loss of one of the most
active medical staff, Dr Nawal Shaker, from Al-Latakkia, who died of a
coma after a car accident, while she was in her daily trip to provide
medications and treatment to people in need in Northern Syria.
Dr, Anas Alkassem, CRS VP , said, “ Dr Nawal was an exceptional physician, who honored her oath of the principles of medicine; and sacrificed her time, efforts, and life to save the lives of injured and wounded Syrians. She risked her life moving from one location to other, helping people in dire needs for medical care, and conveying medications and medical supplies across the border from Turkey into Syria"
Remembering her outstanding professional and personal life, Dr Alkass
CRS extends condolence to Dr Shakar ’s family, her two sons, friends and colleagues. She will be remembered for her hard work in humanitarian aids and strong commitment to oath of medicine. In Dr. Shakar's memory, CRS has established a fund for the benefit of her kids. Please follow the link to make an online donation to this fund:
BabAlHawa Hospital
CRS would like to thank you for your continuance contribution to ease the suffering in Syria...
Quick figures:
Period : from the Inauguration of Bab AlHawa Specialty Hospital on Jan 5, 2013 up to Jan 21,2013
Number of patients : 300 Patients, of which, 15 were captured assad loyal soldiers/militia
Surgery cases: 84 total Surgeries, broken as follows:
33- Orthopedic cases
26 - General Surgery
13- Major debridement
8- Thoracic
3- Vascular Surgery
1- Ophthalmologic surgery & re-constructive
Cornea procedure
1- Neurosurgery & re-constructive nerve surgery
Anesthesia: 86 General, 11 Local, 5 Spinal.
Check out more hospital photos at : http://smu.gs/145sISf
Quick figures:
Period : from the Inauguration of Bab AlHawa Specialty Hospital on Jan 5, 2013 up to Jan 21,2013
Number of patients : 300 Patients, of which, 15 were captured assad loyal soldiers/militia
Surgery cases: 84 total Surgeries, broken as follows:
33- Orthopedic cases
26 - General Surgery
13- Major debridement
8- Thoracic
3- Vascular Surgery
1- Ophthalmologic surgery & re-constructive
Cornea procedure
1- Neurosurgery & re-constructive nerve surgery
Anesthesia: 86 General, 11 Local, 5 Spinal.
Check out more hospital photos at : http://smu.gs/145sISf
| My Trip To Aleppo / Syria There was also a two-year old girl, the same age as my youngest daughter, who was crying in severe pain because part of her brain tissues was bulging out from the top of her head. A medical student was trying to stitch her head after pushing back parts of her brain. Her brown eyes were looking at me as if she was asking for help. I pulled out a few twizzlers and lollipops I carried in my pockets for the children, and put them inside her hand. She squeezed them and tightened her grip. Twenty minutes later, I found her dead with the candies clenched in her palm. My eyes grew teary and I walked away. The most depressing events in the hospital were the c-sections. The room was often dark, and the pregnant woman would lie down on a freezing metallic, surgical table, waiting for the knife to cut open her abdomen, which of course was not numb with epidural. As a pediatrician, I would stand waiting for the new life to emerge without a warmer to lay the infant under, oxygen in case of an emergency, or suction tools. Many newborns died while transferring them from the dark and cold basement to the first floor. Did they die because of hypothermia or hypoxia? I didn’t know. The new mothers, who could not even stand up straight, were discharged home within a few hours after the c-section. Many of them walked away home carrying their newborn babies, dead or alive. read full trip report: click here |
Relief for Syria
a humanitarian obligation and a moral
responsibility
The humanitarian
disaster that is sweeping Syria today is having a heavy impact on health
as well as on the social and psychological status of the population including
women, children and the elderly. It is imperative to mobilize the human
conscience of all Canadians, Arabs and Syrians, to collaborate in
humanitarian effort and relief work. All Syrian Canadians regardless of
political, ethnic or religious convictions should be involved in a
compassionate charitable
The distress calls of the wounded, the bereaved, the abandoned orphans and all those who are suffering should incite us to act and not to sit idle. We must reach deep into our soul and call on all Canadians to give generously to help alleviate the suffering by providing relief needs such as medicine, first aid, equipment and food.
For this purpose, The Canadian Relief for Syria (CRS) was established. CRS is a humanitarian, non-profit, non-political body which aims to promote to raise relief funds, through Canadian non-governmental institutions, philanthropic institutions, civil and governmental, inside and outside of Canada. Our humanitarian, moral and civil duties unite us all, as Canadians, of all cultures, religious or ethnic groups. We call on you to respond to the call for assistance. Please give generously to Syria, and its people.
Press Release: CANADIAN RELIEF FOR SYRIA (CRS) REGRETS GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO REVERSE SENDING MEDICAL AIDS TO SYRIA See a video recording of the press conference at :http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2269525301/
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