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The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) is a medical relief organization that is working on the front lines of crisis relief in Syria & beyond.

Washington, D.C.
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 26

    2019 was a challenging year. However, thanks to our tireless medical personnel, members & donors, SAMS delivered over 2.5 million medical services to vulnerable populations in 7 countries. SAMS proudly provides dignified, quality care to those in need.

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  2. 16 hours ago

    SAMS dental & optometry program in collaboration with in has treated 168 patients! Khaled, a 35 year-old 'n refugee who visited our dental clinic told us: "I want my children to study, to change the world, to prove we are people just like all are."

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  3. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Born too early in a time of war. Doctors with ⁦⁩ struggling to save many like him. They say there has been sharp increase in miscarriages, premature births to Mothers traumatised by barrel bombs, airstrikes. There was an airstrike nearby during our visit.

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  4. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Warming system in hospital run by ⁦⁩. Orange light means war planes in the air, red light means hospital at risk of direct hit. And still the doctors and nurses turn up every day.

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  5. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Another tiny baby in an incubator at a ⁦⁩ hospital. Hard to see the brutal truth of what is happening to the most vulnerable.

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  6. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    - our latest from just before the ceasefire. With huge thanks to for the help. They are performing miracles in .

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    Doctors struggling to save premature babies born in war-torn Syria. Our latest report
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  7. Mar 6

    We recently met Mousa, an administrator for the Eywa settlement in NW . He stated: "More than 430 displaced families are spread between what currently amounts to 360 tents... There are many chronically ill patients who require constant, labor-intensive care."

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  8. Mar 6

    “We originally rejected the idea of displacement because of the lack of places to take shelter. But as more and more people left the city and the bombardment intensified, staying became impossible,” said Ramez, a resident we recently met @ the Eywa IDP settlement in NW .

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  9. Mar 5

    Since the latest escalation in April 2019, SAMS facilities received more than 14,000 injured patients, among them 1,422 women & 3,023 children. Ma’arat Masrin was most recently targeted yesterday evening. SAMS staff worked through the night to receive the injured.

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  10. Mar 5

    Ma’arat Masrin in rural was bombarded last night, causing 16 civilian casualties & 28 injuries. SAMS is immensely grateful to our brave staff on the ground who continue to provide life-saving care despite the risk it presents to their lives and families.

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  11. Mar 4

    SAMS provides group therapy sessions to 'n women refugees in . 1 participant said: “Each of us was suffering from psychological stress w/o knowing how to treat it. Our understanding has changed for the better.” Since the center opened in 2019, 161 women have attended

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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 3

    In every meeting today with & Turkish officials I have heard calls for the to keep Bab al Hawa & Bab al Salam open. must act in July to ensure these vital humanitarian cross-border lifelines into Syria stay open.

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  13. Mar 3

    As SAMS winterization campaign continues in , supplies were distributed to a total of 250 people in the Beka'a Valley. SAMS strives to reach as many as possible & help refugees meet their needs as thousands struggle to find heating fuel & sufficient shelter.

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  14. Mar 3

    Ma’arat al-Masrin Hospital & Idlib Central Hospital have received 15 injured due to airstrikes yesterday. “A 16-year-old girl w/ severed arteries went directly into surgery. It was indescribable when her parents found out that their daughter was alive,” Dr. Al-Khateeb said.

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  15. Mar 3

    During the past 2 days, & Al-Fu’ah were targeted by bombardment. Dr. Hikmat Al-Khateeb, a surgeon @ Ma’arat Masrin hospital who treated the injured, stated: “I felt helpless when I saw a 13 days old infant, who had been killed in the attack. There was nothing we could do.”

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  16. Retweeted
    Mar 2

    Displaced families in are in urgent need of life-saving shelter and heating materials. Despite ongoing safety and security challenges, our humanitarian partners like continue to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable people.

    The second phase of our winterization campaign to provide heating materials to IDPs in NW Syria has been completed thanks to the combined efforts of SAMS & our local partner Ghiras al-Nahda. 170 displaced families living in Sarmeda and Dana have benefited from heating supplies.
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  17. Mar 2

    “Every day I go out to find something we can use 2 keep the children warm. We’ve gathered old tires that we cut up and burn...We have nothing.” The struggle to find warmth & shelter has worsened the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in NW for the 948,000 newly displaced.

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  18. Feb 29

    . visited one of our maternity & children's hospitals in northwest , adjacent to an IDP camp. The report paints the grim reality faced by newborns and children amid displacement, violence, and freezing temperatures.

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  19. Retweeted
    Feb 28

    Babies dying in Idlib hospital and child admissions from camps triple after another brutal week in Syrian conflict

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  20. Feb 28

    A SAMS team of nutritional specialists recently began operating a new mobile clinic to provide vitamins & supplements to the nearly 1 million newly displaced in . The clinic screens for malnutrition in infants, young children, & expectant/nursing mothers.

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  21. Feb 27

    “We’ve struggled a lot, but we managed to buy a tent for our family 2 live in.” Families from the rural town of Al-Eiss have set up a camp along the Bab al-Hawa highway, escaping the horrors of the ongoing bombing in their hometown. Thousands struggle to find shelter & fuel.

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