In medicina impariamo presto che, quando un essere umano si trova tra la vita e la morte, molte delle cose che dividono il mondo fuori dalla sala operatoria semplicemente scompaiono. Non contano più la nazionalità, la lingua, i confini o le divergenze politiche. Un paziente entra in sala operatoria con una sola identità:
In medicine, we learn early that when a human being stands between life and death, many of the things that divide the world outside the operating room simply disappear. Nationality, language, borders and political differences no longer matter. A patient enters the operating theatre with only one identity: a human being who needs someone to
In the operating room, many of the things we consider deeply important in everyday life simply disappear. Nationality, language, colour, religion, and social status all fade into the background. What remains before the physician is a human being in need of another chance at life.
When the heart is diseased, the surgeon does not ask where
In a new medical and scientific achievement added to the distinguished record of Arab and international expertise, Professor Abdallah Raweh, the internationally renowned cardiac surgeon, has been awarded the Golden Lion for Medicine as part of the International Grand Prize of Venice, one of Europe’s most prominent awards honouring
At the end of the Second World War in 1945, following the surrender of Germany and Japan, we were living in a ground-floor apartment on Hammouda Street, just a few meters from the southwestern outer wall of Abdeen Palace. This was due to the lack of available accommodation in my grandfather’s building at 24 Mostafa Kamel Street in
