THE SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY

P.O. Box 1015 Canfield, OH 44406 Phone: (440) 953-5429 Fax: (440) 953-0596 Web: http://sams-usa.net.org Email:samsconference@aol.com
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BOARD OF DIRECTORS President M. ZAHER SAHLOUL Secretary ABDEL GHANI SANKARI Treasurer RANDA LOUTFI Member at Large BASSEL ATASSI Member at Large TAREK KTELEH Member at Large AYMAN SALEH

In light of unprecedented humanitarian and medical Disaster in Syria, a coalition of Medical and Humanitarian organizations is calling for action to help civilians in stricken areas WASHINGTON-On Tuesday, February 14th Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) and Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations will be hosting a joint press conference to call on the White House, ICRC and the International community to move urgently in order to save civilians and assure safe treatment of patients in violence stricken areas in Syria. The coalition of several medical and humanitarian organizations will announce joining forces to coordinate the medical and humanitarian relief effort in conflict-ridden areas of Syria. Currently, Syria is experiencing a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented levels. The Syrian-American community along with the greater worldwide Syrian expatriate community- has been actively involved in sending humanitarian aid and medical supplies into the country as many hospitals, pharmacies and clinics have been closed, damaged or destroyed by Syrian security forces. Representatives of Syrian American Medical Society, Syrian Expatriates, Syrian Relief and Development and the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations will be on hand to make a statement regarding the humanitarian crisis inside Syria and discuss the current needs of the Syrian people. The coalition calls upon all segments of the international community, including the United Nations, ICRC, Doctors without Borders and individual nations to immediately get involved in this humanitarian crisis and demand a humanitarian corridor be established to allow for the transfer of aid and medical supplies into Syria- especially to the stricken city of Homs and the regions of Idlib and Hama. The following organizations are listed as coalition partners: Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), Syria Relief and Development (SRD), Syrian Expatriate Medical Association (SEMA), Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations, The Syrian British Medical Society, Syrian Expatriates Organization (SEO) and the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF). Media inquiries are welcome. For any further information, please contact our Executive Office, at (216)-496-6370 or at sasha@syriantaskforce.org. Updated news and information can also be found at http://www.sams-usa.net/
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) is independent, non-profit, professional, medical and humanitarian organization that represents medical professionals of Syrian descent. Through its rich network within the US and in Syria, SAMS organizes annual medical missions to Syria, provides professional and educational programs to Syrian physicians and organizes donations of medicine and medical supplies to local hospitals and underprivileged families in Syria and North America.
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