Why the prognosis for Aleppo's children -- sick or healthy -- is grave
It took almost eight hours to get through the border crossing from Turkey to Syria but we were finally on our way, traveling in a two-car convoy down the Castello Road into the besieged city of Aleppo.
For me, this journey had begun months ago, on April 28, 2016, when I read of the death of Dr. Muhammad Waseem Maaz.
Dr. Maaz was one of the last pediatricians in the rebel-held section of Aleppo, where he served 400,000 people. He and 26 other medical staff and patients were killed in the bombing of Al Quds Hospital.
I asked SAMS, the Syrian American Medical Society, if I could go to Aleppo to witness and testify to the city's devastation, and to bring at least a semblance of moral support to the beleaguered medical staff there, to stand hand-in-hand, in solidarity with my Syrian colleagues.… Seguir leyendo »