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Funding a Palestinian doctor for paediatric trauma training

Posted on February 3, 2025 by David Nott Foundation

The conflict in Israel and Palestine has put Palestinian medical professionals under extreme pressure, and we remain committed to supporting them. Recently, we funded Dr Fuad Al Qadi, an anaesthesia specialist from Hebron in the West Bank, to attend a PACTS (Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery) course in the UK. Hebron is no stranger to […]

A dispatch from Mosul

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dr Moez Zeiton

The healthcare infrastructure in Mosul (Iraq’s 2nd largest city) was completely destroyed by ISIS and as the city had been held under siege for over three years, hundreds of thousands of civilians had suffered immensely. From the day of arriving at the trauma field hospital, I was working within a dynamic team providing trauma care […]