33-year-old Jordanian doctor in Romania: "There were times when we did not find anything to buy, we witnessed the Romanian revolution"
Al-Anbat- He lives in Romania for 33 years and says it will be difficult for him now to return home, to take everything from scratch. Said Abu Al-Aiesh, 54 years old, a gynecologist, arrived at Calarasi Hospital a year ago in Bucharest to find peace and to put his science at the service of the people.
The doctor says he adapted to Romania, although it was very difficult at first. In 1985 he came to Bucharest with a scholarship from Palestine. Along with a few colleagues. The Jordanian lived a difficult period during communism, but nothing drifted him away from his way to knowledge. He came to specialize here, and he wanted with all his heart to learn the profession.
"There were also heavy moments when I found nothing to buy, it was hard to adapt because of the climate, I witnessed the Romanian Revolution, but I think all this gave me the ability to reach my goal ... I had one goal, to become a doctor, to let that teach me better. I found open people and dedicated teachers who gave me that passion too. "If you do not put your soul in medicine, nothing will come out from you" says the doctor.
Want to live well, work hard!
Said, a doctor at several hospitals in Bucharest who participated in Romanian research, realized that he might be more useful in a small town lacking specialists. "My experience is a great help here, I have found a very good and open-minded team that made me feel exceptional." People need us, and we have to do our job properly. You want to live well, work hard, because no one comes to give you bread, "explains the Jordanian doctor.
Said specializes in gynecology and childbirth in Romania. He attended training at Caritas Hospital and later worked at the Malaxa Hospital and the Bucur Childbirth Hospital in the last five years. The gatherings and chaos in Bucharest led him to apply for a job in Calarasi, where the shortage of specialists was acute. He came to Porcei, along with his wife and a child, a high school student, and another son in the capital where he was a student. His Romanian wife, with whom he founded a family several years ago, works at Calarasi Hospital in the financial service.
Increase activity by 400%
Convinced that he could do more in the province of Bucharest, and soon adapted to Calarasi. Found a welcoming college, decent hospital conditions. "Of course, we want more, but it depends on the authorities," he said, "it's good to find nurses and doctors with changing minds and people who want more and do everything for the good of the patients." Of hospitals in Bucharest I am very pleased and I hope to change our work, qualitatively and quantitatively. "It is remarkable that our activity has already increased by 400% in terms of health care," says the doctor.
He considers himself Romanian
After more than three decades of living in Romania, Said says he considers himself Romanian. He travels to Palestine to visit his sisters and brother every few years because his status does not allow him for more. Here he learned to eat traditional dishes, and his wife and mother-in-law stuffed him with the Boeuf Salad and sausages. For the Romanians, in the centenary, there is one message: Let us be better with each other and take lessons from people 100 years ago. "You live in a free country and every person draws his life, it is no longer dictated as he was before." You want to live well, it's important to work, "the doctor says." People are good and warm, just like us oriental people. "
Translated by: Yasmeen AbuBaker
