ATLANTA: Several Arab-American celebrities joined forces to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday.
The late Lebanese-American entertainer and comedian Danny Thomas founded St. Jude to help treat and research children’s catastrophic diseases, including cancer. Thomas’ vision for St. Jude was that it would treat sick children regardless of ethnicity, background or ability to pay. In addition to providing free treatment, the hospital also provides transportation, food, and accommodation to its young patients and their families.
Thomas, the star of a long-running sitcom, used his public profile to enlist support from numerous individuals throughout the Fifties and Sixties, but focused particularly on the Arab-American community, around 100 of whom established a community organization in 1957 to support the hospital and Thomas’ mission. That organization later became the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), whic
Lack of co-ordination in Lebanon s stretched health system and the strain of the economic crisis prevents coronavirus patients from getting the care they need
Janane’s story
Janane followed her mother into nursing but insists that she definitely had no parental pressure to take that path. An interest from an early age in medicine, combined with a desire to help people and an impatience to start work in the field as soon as possible meant Janane went into nursing – initially in oncology.
“I love oncology as I felt it captured the essence of nursing and I was inspired
by the art of nursing through holistic care not just medical care.”
During an internship in the USA, she witnessed palliative care for the first time and returned to Lebanon inspired to create the guidelines and recommendations for a palliative care service there. An introduction to a doctor and a nursing colleague with a shared dream saw the trio start a community-based service. In 2010, ‘Balsam’ (which means ‘soothing’) – The Lebanese Centre for Palliative Care – was born. 3 years Later, the same group of enthusiastic professionals, armed with proof o
Lebanon s First Covid Vaccine Shipment to Arrive on Feb. 8 Published January 26th, 2021 - 09:40 GMT
A patient receives a Covid-19 vaccine at the Virginia Mason vaccine clinic hosted at the Amazon Meeting Center in downtown Seattle, Washington on January 24, 2021. Amazon is partnering with Virginia Mason for a one-day pop-up clinic on January 24. 2021 that aims to vaccinate 2,000 people at the company’s Meeting Center near downtown Seattle. Virginia Mason is handling vaccine administration, while Amazon is providing the location and help with logistics. Grant HINDSLEY / AFP
Lebanon’s coronavirus vaccination program will start with a shipment of just 50,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech developed vaccine, arriving Feb. 8, the head of the parliamentary health committee told The Daily Star Monday.