Jordan challenges stigma attached to cancer in the Middle East.
But that's changed, and it's still changing. And people such as Mired are largely responsible. The story begins a few years before King Hussein appeared on the live interview.Speeding through traffic in Jordan's capital city of Amman in 1995, Princess Mired shook a tube of blood platelets donated by a family member. Her father was in the ICU, diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and he needed a platelet transfusion immediately.
Knowing she needed to act, Mired stepped up as director-general of the center in 2002, renaming it to the King Hussein Cancer Center in honor of the late king, who died from cancer complications in 1999. Mired purposefully put cancer in the center's title to help remove the fear and stigma surrounding the word. From 2002 to 2016, she raised $360 million, transforming Jordan's cancer care.
Today KHCC houses 200 full-time oncologists and consultants and treats more than 3,500 new cancer cases each year. The Center has also earned three international accreditations. Inspired by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, KHCC provides early detection procedures and holistic treatment with teams of radiologists, oncologists, surgeons, neurologists and nurses. Most important, they've built trust among the Jordanian population that recovery is possible.
"I don't sleep, I can't stop thinking of all I could do," Dabbas said."I give all the wigs for free even if it costs me." At university events, some students donate because their immediate family members suffer from cancer; others are hearing cancer patient's stories for the first time."I have been telling everyone to come and donate," said Jordanian university freshman Rahaf Faiz."This is a topic that needs to be talked about more. ... I want to start a creative business which raises money for cancer patients.
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