The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) last week concluded its largest medical mission to Jordan to date, the Jordan Times reported Sunday (July 15th).
The mission brought together a total of 47 doctors and 90 volunteers from across the world to provide over 5,000 health services to Syrian refugees and underserved Jordanians.
Volunteers from several specialties including anesthesiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology and infectious diseases were welcomed July 7th.
"This mission was the largest one by far and it took a lot of effort to organise the patients and their screenings prior to surgery," said US-based Jordanian cardiologist and leader of the SAMS interventional cardiology mission to Jordan Wael al-Husami.
The association’s cardiology mission seeks to help Syrian refugees without access to cardiology by providing free interventional measures, including cardiac catheterisation and open heart surgeries, he said.
"There is a high level of stress and anxiety among Syrians due to what they have experienced in the war," he said, noting that tension tends to increase the risk of heart disease.
Al-Husami said the next medical mission to Jordan will take place during the first week of November, with clinics across the kingdom providing follow-up services and medication to those in need in the interim.
