Sidra Medicine welcomed Clarisse Agbegnenou, a judo world champion and French sportswoman, on a tour of the 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.

 Agbegnenou was taken to Sidra Medicine’s Neonatal ICU unit where she met with staff and some of the parents of preterm babies

 
She is an ambassador of SOS Prema, a French organisation 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 was taken to Sidra Medicine’s Neonatal ICU unit where she met with staff and some of the parents of preterm babies.
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