Success Stories
Real stories from AQ-ERE project beneficiaries — how emergency care changed lives in Al-Qaryatayn.
Karim's mother — got home that night
When Karim's mother woke up unable to breathe at 3 a.m. last December, the family had two choices: a six-hour drive to Damascus, or the hospital in Al-Qaryatayn — twenty minutes aw
EMS Team — first coordinated response
After six months of joint training, Al-Qaryatayn's EMS team executed their first coordinated incident response with the hospital ER — advance notification, field triage, and safe t
Sami — recovery after a road accident
Sami arrived at the emergency department after a road accident on the Homs–Palmyra highway with multiple fractures and internal bleeding. Thanks to the new ABCDE protocol and the a
Abu Mahmoud — a 3 a.m. heart attack
Abu Mahmoud, a farmer from Al-Qaryatayn, woke at 3 a.m. with crushing chest pain. Twenty-five minutes later he was on a resuscitation bed at Al-Qaryatayn Hospital receiving the fir
Nurse Bassel — six months after training
Six months after the cardiac-emergency training programme, Bassel and his colleagues are running the new protocols in the emergency unit — with bi-weekly telemedicine supervision f