The Charitable Medicine Bank, represented by the president of the Medicine Bank Association Firas Al-Sayegh and a team of volunteers from the Shouf, Aley, and Matn villages, in cooperation with the Al-Ru'ya Association for Development, Rehabilitation, and Care, represented by its president Dr. Nasser Abu Latif, organized a free medical day under the patronage of the Municipality of Aiha, represented by its mayor Nazir Abu Latif, and in the presence of several association presidents.
The medical day included free examinations and the distribution of free medicines. The following doctors participated in the medical day: Rabih Abu Shami (Pulmonologist), Shawqi Abu Mahmoud (Orthopedic Surgery), Rashaya District Physician Dr. Samer Harb (Dermatologist), Majid Abu Hala (General and Vascular Surgery), Zaher Shia (Surgery and Vascular), Taghrid Shmeit (Pediatrics), Serena Zein El Din (General Health), Akram Al-Ahmadiyah (Gynecology), Bassem Abu Dehn (General Health), Nasser Abu Latif (Dentistry), Iyad Allama (Urological Surgery), Specialist Randa Al-Banna (Eye Examination), Specialist Nagham Zeidan (Physiotherapy), Wasim Abu Maghliyeh (Specialist in appliances - polio and orthopedic devices), Specialist Caroline Griez (Nutritionist), Pharmacist Shadi Abu Malik, and Paramedic Rawad Abu Triyeh (Diabetes and Blood Pressure testing).
Dr. Nasser Abu Latif emphasized the importance of these medical campaigns, especially in these difficult circumstances that our people in these villages are living through, thanking the doctors, medical teams, and volunteers for their humanitarian and ethical initiative as they dedicate their time without any compensation. He also thanked the Charitable Medicine Bank and its president for their initiative and contributions, which soothed the hearts of patients amidst difficult economic and living conditions.
He called for continued support for the Rashaya Government Hospital, noting the efforts of its administration and doctors who contribute to all medical campaigns in the region and beyond.
Abu Latif added: "Municipalities and associations should organize such campaigns monthly, especially since they provide free medicine, consultations, and examinations that reach a social segment in need of health and medical care, including the poor, which is what we witnessed in Aiha."
He expressed the hope that municipalities would take the initiative to count the number of patients with chronic diseases and identify the types of medicines they need so that associations can provide them periodically.
He pointed out that there is an effort, through meetings held, to establish a mutual aid fund in the town that would contribute to easing the burden on patients and low-income individuals.
He noted that the beneficiaries of this campaign exceeded 500 individuals who received medicine, consultations, and examinations.
Al-Sayegh
The president of the Charitable Medicine Bank Association, Firas Al-Sayegh, considered that the initiative comes in the context of the initiatives carried out by the association in many Lebanese regions, especially in these delicate circumstances where citizens need someone to stand by them with the rise in the prices of medicine, medical consultations, and hospitalization.
He explained that this work requires support and cooperation between associations, municipalities, and organizations to ensure continuity and develop our tasks and capabilities for useful and effective follow-up, because such campaigns alleviate the burden on the citizen and also on the state regarding hospitalization.
He thanked the Al-Ru'ya Association for Development and Rehabilitation for its follow-up and monitoring, and the medical teams and volunteers for their work, as well as the Municipality of Aiha for its cooperation.
The activity included a rural morning breakfast prepared for the participants by Sheikh Moayad Khamis and his family.
The medical day concluded with a celebratory lunch hosted by Dr. Nasser Abu Latif for all participants, including doctors, volunteers, and guests, held at the "Bahaa El-Din" shrine in Aiha.
