Syria
I was invited by the Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS) to work/volunteer in Bab-al-Hawa Hospital in Idlib Province of Syria.
SAMS drove me from Reynhali Turkey to Syrian border-and while 3 al-Qaeda soldiers watched me, I climbed through a 4-foot high barbwire fence & was picked up in an ambulance. I asked, “Why the ambulance?” The driver, Abu-Faruq, said, “We have to go through at least ten al-Qaeda check points –they don’t stop ambulances!” I worked at the hospital for a week-took care of wounded children, teenagers & adults-in this under-served hospital-in the ICU, the ER and the patient rooms.