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12 swindonlink.com • July 2009
Heart warming welcome for medics in Syria
Intensive care nurse Bev Cejer, from Grange Park, was among a team of specialist medics from Bristol Children's Hospital who travelled to
Syria to perform children's heart operations in May. _ _ - _
Registrar Hazini Anwar, who spent time training hospital staff
is Syrian, helped to arrange for via translation and a lot of practical
the small team to go to the Al-Bir demonstration. Before they could -.
charity hospital inHomstooperate start work, the Arabic script on
on youngsters who may not have all the storage containers had t
able to reach Syria's only be given English names although
children's cardiac surgeon in the the medicines inside were labeled .,
capital Damascus. in English.
During their week-long stay, the The hospital at Horns, Syria's :. ` ( ^.i . }^ rC
team successfully carried out eight third largest city, had all the equip-
operations on youngsters, consider- ment necessary, even though some --- ---
ably improving their life chances, was fairly old. Bev was surprised ,, ►
"The parents were so grateful when that parents are not allowed into
they saw their child recovering; it intensive care which would be en- ,
made the trip worthwhile," said couragedinUKhospitalsasithelps
Bev. speed recovery. She said that in ,'r ^^ •_ •^
She and her colleagues also many ways, the healthcare system .^ .
is like the NHS, y
thirty years ago.
Bev outside the Klzntirl lhn Al Walid mo^grr e
E Every evening,
the team were were being taken for a big dinner AI-Bir hospital's charity fund and
invited to sump- every night and every dinner was the Bristol team is now looking for
tuous meals as a celebration. It was hard for them ways to raise money for flights and
medical col-to understand that we had to be accommodation for another trip.
leagues wanted up early for a concentrated day's "We made good friends atAl-Bir
to show their work." and we very keen to develop
gratitude. "The Despite working long days, the link," said Bev, who plans to
hospitality was there was a little time to take in take some Arabic lessons before
phenomenal; we the sights, including the imposing returning.
j •. Bev zuitli a farnilli Crusader castleCrakdeChevaliers To discuss sponsorship or to of-
happy zoitli the life- and the beautiful Roman city of fer to organise a fundraising event,
saving work of the Palymera. contact Bev via The Link - address
.A, Bristol medics The trip was paid for by the on page 4.

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