On the occasion of the World Cancer Day, The Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) organized the Lighting Ceremony of Saab Medical Library (SML) Building on Thursday February 3, 2022 at the American University of
Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC).
The Ceremony was attended by AUB and AUBMC leadership, oncology administration, Cancer Support Fund (CSF) team, collaborators, health care professionals and students.
Mrs. Celine Abou Karam, NKBCI Clinical Department Administrator, opened the ceremony with this year’s moto “Close the Care Gap” set by the International Union for Cancer Control (UICC).
Dr. Ali Taher, The Director of NKBCI agreed on how they were united in partnership with the CSF and the Global Health Institute to emphasize the relentless work put to reduce the care gap by treating patients equally. The floor was then given to Dr. Fadlo Khuri, President of AUB, who reflected on Solzhenitsyn’s Cancer Ward book occurring during conditions even worse than those we are experiencing in Lebanon, infusing a message of hope that goes hand in hand with
a perseverant spirit.
As such, AUB has a role to instil such hope by providing kindness, support, and giving back to those less fortunate. Participants then moved together outside to light the SML, while medical professionals recorded their “Close the
Care Gap” statements.
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