The Association of Palestinian Doctors in Europe, “Britain Branch,” held its first academic conference in the halls of the British University of Manchester, entitled “We Invest in Knowledge.” The conference was attended by a group of Palestinian doctors in all different medical specialties. The conference opened with a welcoming speech from its president, Dr. Bashir Odeh, followed by the showing of an introductory film about the gathering. The conference began with a lecture on “Surgical Training in Conflict Areas,” then a lecture entitled “How to Choose Your Specialty,” in addition to simultaneous workshops on the pillars of research and scientific publishing for workers in the medical field, then a workshop on how to create a rehabilitation program for people with special needs and medical leadership and management, and a dialogue workshop on the health situation in Palestine and ways to support it. The conference included a presentation on the work of the British MAP Association and some other associations, in addition to a presentation on the assembly project for the transfer of kidney transplantation technologies, presented by the head of the project, Dr. Abdul Qader Hammad, head of the Kidney Transplant Transfer Unit, at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Dr. Hani Abdeen, Dean of the College of Medicine in Jerusalem, and Dr. Fadl Naeem, Dean of the College of Medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza, participated via video conference, who indicated continued support for medical colleges in Palestine, thanking at the same time the Association of Palestinian Doctors in Europe and its British branch for the distinguished and strategic projects they presented aimed at serving the Palestinian doctor. The head of the association, the British branch, Dr. Riyad Masharqa, stated that they are working diligently and diligently to develop the medical competencies of the Palestinian doctors present in Britain, and to advance them by training them in administrative leadership in the medical field, which is an affirmation of the association’s permanent message of sparing no effort that would work to raise the level of the Palestinian medical staff scientifically and practically wherever they are located. Masharqa added that the gathering places at the top of its work caring for the Palestinian doctor residing in the European continent and conveying his noble humanitarian message to Palestine and the entire world. Masharqa presented the most important strategic projects undertaken by the group since its inception, the most recent of which was the establishment of the “Hayat Center for Training in Emergencies, Crisis and Disaster Management”, in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza, in addition to many projects that serve the Palestinian people in light of the repeated and continuous Zionist attacks from time to time on the Palestinian people and the siege imposed on them for years.
