Heart surgeon, U.S. Senator, Senate Majority Leader, chairman of a nonprofit - Bill Frist has played many roles during his life of public service. But his most important role right now is that of humanitarian.
Dr. Frist joined Dr. Jill Biden (wife of Vice President Joe Biden) on a trip to see the effects of the famine affecting 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, and to draw attention to the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees in the camps of Dadaab, Kenya.
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| � David Lienemann/White House photo |
| Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Bill Frist visit with two recently arrived refugee families at the Dagahaley refugee camp, in Dadaab, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2011. Doctor and former Senator Bill Frist is a nationally recognized heart and lung transplant surgeon. He currently is chairman of Hope Through Healing Hands, a nonprofit that promotes improved quality of life for citizens and communities around the world using health as a currency for peace. |
The delegation visited intake centers on the Somalia-Kenya border, where more than 1,500 Somalis arrive each day desperately seeking food and a safe place to live. Dr. Frist also met with nurses and doctors in health clinics, and saw how basic treatments like oral rehydration salts and therapeutic foods are pulling children back from the brink of death.
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