the wounded even though their affliction was not their specialty. Ballour recalled treating victims with missing limbs, and victims of chemical attacks who were suffocating in the subterranean hospital. The government bombed the hospital many times. She kept detailed journals about the days and the attacks. In 2016, at 29 years old, Ballour was elected and promoted as the hospital director. She became the first and only woman to manage a hospital in Syria. She ran the hospital until the Assad regime quelled the last resistance in 2018. Since then, Ballour have been exiled. She was forced to flee Syria and spent some time living in a refugee camp in Turkey. References Syrian women physicians Damascus University alumni Syrian women activists 1987 births Living people