
Ben Schamisso
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@NorthwesternU media relations medical news + video producer | Past: @ScrippsNews, @ChicagoTribune and @MedGlobalOrg
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http://benschamisso.com 08-02-2011 19:03:13
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Thanks Leen Yassine for adding our Friday ‘Khsara’ documentary screening to your Block Club Chicago's weekend list! The film features MedGlobal MI Chicago doctors who volunteered in Gaza. Join the panel after the screening. Interviews available. tinyurl.com/4jx29fs8


Thank you Erika Edwards for this powerful piece on Gaza’s children, featuring crucial insights from MedGlobal MI volunteer Dr. Ahmad Yousaf and others recently returned from Gaza. tinyurl.com/57jpx6pb


Thanks Chris Stewart for discussing the war in Sudan. Famine is deepening & nearly 11 million people — more than the entire population of NYC — are displaced. Among them is MedGlobal’s director on the ground who, despite being displaced himself, continues to help others.





“No healthcare system can absorb 5,000 patients.” Dr. Tania Baban, MedGlobal’s Lebanon Country Director, on Scripps News discussing the devastating casualties and overwhelming injuries following recent attacks and airstrikes in #Lebanon.


“We see some schools in Beirut housing over 10,000 people and still coming in.” MedGlobal #Lebanon’s Dr. Tania Baban on BBC News (UK) discussing how MedGlobal is stepping up to help some of the 90,000 newly displaced people from the south, delivering mattresses, blankets, and hygiene




Thanks to our inspiring partners at Razom for Ukraine 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 🇺🇦 at #medglobal2024, we’re about to begin our Ukraine Session 02 for the day in Track C. See you there.



