Like many doctors in the UK, I wanted to take time out of my career in the NHS to do voluntary work. Sadly, like many people, I found that I had to choose between my NHS job and working in a crisis zone. In my case, I chose to join Médecins Sans Frontieres four years […]
As the Chairman of Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders, I am privileged to work alongside a whole range of committed volunteers who support so many people all over the world. At the last count, we have over 35,000 people in our organisation and around 90 per cent of those are nationals living and working in […]
Caroline, a British doctor from Bristol, UK, vlogs from Zataari, Jordan – one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Here they treat people injured during the conflict in Syria, many of whom have lost limbs or have suffered other debilitating injuries. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency […]
Samantha Roper, 30, is training to be a paediatrician in London. For the last two years, she has also been working in Africa on humanitarian missions for various charities, including a stint as a medical team leader for Medicin Sans Frontieres in Sierra Leone running a survivors clinic for Ebola victims. Ebola is a pretty terrifying disease because it […]
Dumfries nurse Michael Shek spent six months at Bentiu camp in South Sudan, where people have fled for protection from the violence engulfing the country working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). MSF is an international humanitarian organisation that provides medical care where it is needed most. Since 1971, MSF has helped millions of people while […]
Can you tell me a little about your own background? I was first introduced to the Eye Hospital of St John by my grandfather in 1985, who was a colleague and friend of the Hospitaller at the time, Sir Steven Miller. The Order accepted my student elective application and I spent a month in Jerusalem […]
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When Abdel Malek was brought into the emergency room in Aleppo in September 2014, his lower left leg was so badly damaged by fragments from a barrel bomb attack that the Syrian doctors thought they would have to amputate the little boy’s foot. The doctors that remain in Aleppo are passionate and committed but did […]