Clarisse Agbegnenou (third right), with CEO of Sidra Medicine, Dr. Barbro Friden, Acting Chief Medical Officer Prof. Ziyad M. Hijazi, and other officials.
Doha: Sidra Medicine was honoured to welcome, Clarisse Agbegnenou, a world judo champion and French sportswoman, on a tour of its hospital.
Agbegnenou who was in Qatar for the International Judo Federation (IJF) Doha Masters 2021, was at Sidra Medicine as part of a personal mission to meet with the parents of preterm babies.
She is an Ambassador of SOS Prema a French organization that helps parents of premature babies, to highlight the importance of optimal care and the value of family involvement.
Agbegnenou was welcomed by a Sidra Medicine delegation led by new Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Barbro Fridén, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Prof. Ziyad M. Hijazi; Division Chief of Neonatology, Dr. Charlotte Tscherning and Prof. Younes Boudjemline, Senior Attending Physician from the Heart Center. She taken to Sidra Medicine’s Neonatal ICU unit where she met with staff and some of the parents of preterm babies.
