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In a secret underground hospital, a female-led team risks their lives to provide medical care to the besieged local Syrian population... A natural leader and problem solver, Dr. Amani Ballour was only 29 when her colleagues elected her to oversee the Cave in 2016. As director, Dr. Amani contended with the grave realities specific to running a hospital under siege conditions: finding solutions to equipment and medicine shortages; protecting the structure itself by adding aboveground and underground fortifications; and, above all, ensuring the safety of patients and staff. Meanwhile, she continued to work as a pediatrician, tending to the constant stream of sick and injured children who needed treatment. She also assisted in surgery... Dr. Salim Namour is the oldest doctor working at the Cave, as well as the most experienced. In the early days of the 2011 uprising, he adopted a pseudonym, Sakhr, which means "rock." And he is very much the rock his colleagues can always count on: calm,..

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