Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Huda Al Masri Cancer Department
On November 6, 2013, exactly seven months from the opening of The Huda Al Masri Pediatric Cancer Dept., Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas toured the department for the first time and greeted staff and patients.
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International maxillofacial mission provides treatment for kids in the West Bank
On October 20, American pediatrician Dr. Barbara Preston and nurse Katy Brown arrived in Palestine to start a two-week mission to support the PCRF Handicapped Child Sponsorship Program. Dr. Preston has been volunteering for the past couple of years with the PCRF to come and provide the nearly 300 children that we have in the camps and villages throughout the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon the consultation and direction that we need to better provide them the support and treatment to help them have better lives.
Italian plastic surgery team enters Gaza for a week of surgery
On Sunday, November 3rd, a five-member team of plastic surgeons and nurses from Bergamo, Italy crossed into Gaza to start a week of surgery on burned children at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The team was led by surgeon Dr. Enrico Robotti and included anesthesiologist Dr. Alberto Benigni, surgeon Dr. Bernardo Righi, OR nurse, Elisabetta Piazzalunga and British hand surgeon Dr. Yvette Godwin. The team have volunteered many times in the past for the PCRF.
Pediatric cardiologist returns to Palestine to provide training in cancer department
Dr. Mike Cooper is a pediatric cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente in the Bay Area. He has been on several PCRF volunteer missions to Palestine in the past several years. In the Fall of 2013, he came to The Huda Al Masri Pediatric Cancer Dept. to teach the local staff how to provide echocardiography exams on children with cancer to ensure that they are properly screened before treatment for any heart conditions. The PCRF also has provided a portable echo machine to the department for this program.
Detroit-based orthopedic surgeon returns to Ramallah for medical mission
Dr. Walid Yasir is the Associate Chief of Orthopaedics at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan and has volunteered several times with the PCRF in Palestine over the past decade. He has been volunteering the last week of October and the first week of November at the Ramallah Medical Complex to provide training in treating children with congenital orthopedic deformities, as well as treating patients. This is part of a new PCRF program to build up the services in pediatric orthopedics for Palestinian children in the West Bank.
