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Afghan Refugees: From Chaos to Care

After the chaotic and frightening exit from Afghanistan, refugee families coming through Philadelphia International Airport were offered a calm clinic where CHOP doctors evaluated ill children and arranged for their ongoing healthcare needs.

CHOP continued to care for children while they were in the refugee camp at Joint Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey and after local resettlement. Learn More

Humble Leader

Emergency Department physician Sage Myers, MD, MSCE, medical director of emergency preparedness at CHOP, led Philadelphia’s effort to assess the health of some 30,000 of Afghan refugees arriving here and to arrange for urgent and ongoing care, as needed. 6ABC recognized her work.

From Airport to Refugee Camp

As part of Operation Allies Welcome, a team of clinicians triaged ill child and adult Afghans at the airport, providing full medical evaluations to 1,600-plus, and continued to treat children at CHOP as they awaited resettlement.

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Children required immediate emergency room treatment
477

Children came for care to the ER and specialty care locations, including 52 kids with medical complexity
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Hospitalizations of children

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