Published : 22-11-2020
Palestinian doctor Rafaat Mohamed Jalil, who fled war-torn Syria to Iraq, died of coronavirus on November 20 in Erbil, the capital and most populated city in Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
The victim was born in 1964 in Khan Eshieh camp for Palestinian refugees. His parents are natives of Nzareth city, in Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.
Dr. Jalil, an ophthalmologist, graduated from Syrian schools before he traveled to Moscow for his PhD studies. He later returned to Syria where he opened his private clinic. He also worked at AlMujtahed Hospital and health centres in Syria. He is a founding member of Intralasik International Centre of Ophthalmology.
Palestinian doctor Rafaat Mohamed Jalil, who fled war-torn Syria to Iraq, died of coronavirus on November 20 in Erbil, the capital and most populated city in Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
The victim was born in 1964 in Khan Eshieh camp for Palestinian refugees. His parents are natives of Nzareth city, in Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.
Dr. Jalil, an ophthalmologist, graduated from Syrian schools before he traveled to Moscow for his PhD studies. He later returned to Syria where he opened his private clinic. He also worked at AlMujtahed Hospital and health centres in Syria. He is a founding member of Intralasik International Centre of Ophthalmology.
