IN SHORT

Family physician Hibah Osman has set out to address one of the major gaps in healthcare in Lebanon: palliative care. Through Balsam – the Lebanese Center for Palliative Care, the NGO which she founded in 2010, she works to change mentalities around palliative care, and promote accessible, quality care and the policies needed for making this a reality. “The secret to caring for a patient,” she quotes, “is caring for the patient.”