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Removal of a Retroperitoneal Mass for a 61-Year-Old Patient
A 61-year-old female patient presented to the general surgery clinic with abdominal pain around the umbilicus for three months, radiating to the back with loss of appetite, weight loss, and generalized fatigue.
OCHA in a New Visit to SEMA’s Protection Centers
The humanitarian teams working at the United Nations office in Gaziantep continue their field visits to the social centers supervised and directly managed by the SEMA organization.
The latest of these visits was a field tour by the United Nations OCHA team today to the Bulbul and Sharan centers in rural Afrin, aimed at providing social services to children, women, and all community groups.
OCHA meets protection workers in northern Syria
The humanitarian teams working at the United Nations office in Gaziantep continue their field visits to the social centers supervised and directly managed by the SEMA organization.
The latest of these visits was a field tour by the United Nations OCHA team today to the Bulbul and Sharan centers in rural Afrin, aimed at providing social services to children, women, and all community groups.
Warning Statement from SEMA Organization to Its Followers
**Important Notice**
Dear followers and community members everywhere,
The Syrian Expatriate Medical Association (SEMA) urges all followers and social media users to exercise caution when interacting with and applying through advertisement links, from job vacancies to tenders and all other links.
Please ensure that you apply only through the official website of SEMA and its official pages. This also applies to all public statements, news, and anything related to the organization’s presence in the digital space.
A glimpse of the educational sessions at the Atya’fCenter in Idlib
The Atya’f Center offers basic educational courses that include reading and writing skills in both Arabic and English, as well as arithmetic. Women and girls, especially students, can benefit from these courses to build a strong educational foundation that enables them to make progress in their daily and professional lives.
OCHA Meets with Protection Teams Supported by SEMA in Ariha
The UN OCHA team visited the protection sector teams in the city of Ariha to understand the main challenges faced by the working teams, which include general protection teams, child protection teams, and women’s protection teams.
Farah Fawzi, the team spokesperson, stated, “We came from Gaziantep as the heads of the protection sector in northwestern Syria. Our aim in this visit is to meet with the active protection teams (child protection teams, women’s protection teams, and general protection teams) to listen to them, discuss with them, and understand the main challenges they face in their work, as well as the recommendations they can provide us to evaluate the project or improve the existing services.”
A tour for the United Nations team at the Sema-supported Ariha Hospital
Two teams from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) conducted a field tour of several hospitals in northern Syria. The Sema-supported Ariha hospital
Opening of the specialized gastrointestinal clinic in Idlib Surgical Hospital
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand medical services provided to our people in northern Syria, Sama opened the specialized digestive clinic at the Sema-supported Idlib Surgical Hospital.
In a new attempt to improve specialized medical services, the digestive clinic is accompanied by a dedicated department for upper and lower diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, which helps in early detection of many diseases including stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, and anemia, in addition to effective treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding and chronic diarrhea.
The ERCP bile duct and pancreatic imaging device has also been activated, which helps in detecting obstructive jaundice, common bile duct stones, biliary tract tumors, and pancreatic tumors.
Sema a accompanies the residents of Al-Rafah Nursing Home for the elderly on Eid
The Eid days were special with our elderly parents, residents of the Al-Rafah House in the city of Idlib. We shared this joy with them, and they in turn shared with us the memories of the beautiful past.
An atmosphere of communication and familiarity that we spent together, talked to and listened to. They were truly special moments filled with happiness, joy and nostalgia for many memories.
We concluded the event by recording the fingerprints of brotherhood and loyalty and presenting them with gifts.
SEMA for the Second Time in Gaza
As part of its ongoing humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip, Sema distributed 1700 portions of meat to the residents of Rafah camps, targeting the most vulnerable families in need
A Successful Surgery for an Eight-Decade Patient
We are delighted to share with our esteemed website visitors this inspirational story from the Martyr Waseem Hussain Hospital. Calling it a success story is an understatement; it is, in fact, a tale of a new life, with an 85-year-old patient as its protagonist.
From a simple eye clinic to a fully equipped department
From a simple eye clinic to a fully equipped department with the latest devices, this is how the ophthalmology department at the Specialized Surgical Hospital in Idlib has evolved, with continuous support from the Medical Association for Syrian Expatriates “SEMA”.
Today, the department is capable of performing ophthalmic surgeries for newborns to the elderly, including a diverse range of precise surgical procedures.