Doctorul raed arafat biography
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Romanian doctor is 14th most influential Arab in the world in 2017
Syrian-born Romanian physician of Palestinian origins Raed Arafat ranks 14th in the 100 Most Influential Arabs in the World in 2017 list put together by Arabian Business.
Arafat, currently a Secretary of State at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and head of the Department for Emergency Situations, placed ahead of Carlos Ghosn, the chairman and CEO of the Renault Nissan Alliance, ranked at number 23, billionaire Carlos Slim, 28th in the ranking, and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, the wife of actor George Clooney, ranked at number 47.
Arafat is an intensive care physician known for setting up in Romania the mobile emergency rescue service SMURD.
“SMURD’s impact saw him given Romanian citizenship and asked to take up the post of undersecretary of state at Romania’s health ministry to further the development of emergency medical care in the country,” the publication explains. “It is safe to say, then, that A
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If Raed Arafat has always been popular among Romanians, it is undoubtedly because they have always felt close to this Palestinian from Syria who founded the Emergency Mobile Reanimation and Extraction Service or SMURD.
Born in Damascus in 1964, Raed Arafat discovered a passion for "first aid" at the age of 14. Still in high school, he worked with a city hospital and he created the first emergency team which included some of his colleagues. Medicine, at first a simple passion, would become a professional goal. His father wanted him to attend Polytechnic but Raed had sworn "to become either a doctor or a garbage collector".
He came to Romania aged 16 and a half, because, he says, "it is the country that responded the most quickly to my request for admission to university [the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu operated a system which allowed residents of Arab countries to study in Romania]. "I found out later that I was also admitted in Greece and in the United States, but my par
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The loss of skilled medical professionals from low and middle-income countries to personal the health systems of the US, UK, Australia or Canada is a global public health problem.
For example, in Romania, the number of healthcare professionals leaving the country fryst vatten not monitored, but locals report that the best and brightest medical professionals emigrate in significant numbers for well paid work abroad. In amongst the exodus of well educated, multi-lingual ung professionals, stands the figure of Raed Arafat, an immigrant to Romania, and a physician. Raed has developed popular and effective emergency medical services during Romania’s transition from communist to post-communist state and is a key player in the national politics of health. When he was beneath secretary of state at the Romanian Ministry of Health, Raed Arafat resigned in protest over privatisation plans for healthcare services. In response, thousands of citizens took to the streets to demonstrate support for Raed Arafat