Meet Dr Mohammed Ayman, a Syrian vascular surgeon and our latest War Doctor Hero. We first met Ayman back in 2013, when David Nott was volunteering in Alzarour Hospital, Aleppo. Whilst treating patients, David was able to teach Ayman and his team a variety of specialised surgical procedures that...
We are delighted to feature Dr Koma Akim, a general surgeon from South Sudan, as our latest War Doctor Hero. South Sudan is the world’s youngest sovereign state, having gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Since December 2013, the country has been embroiled in a civil war that...
Our global network of #wardoctorheroes is at the heart of everything the foundation strives to achieve, and we are proud to introduce Dr Lucien Wasingya Lusenge from Uganda in this latest instalment. When Lucien was just 3 weeks old, he contracted a febrile disease and his health deteriorated rapidly....
In this latest instalment of our #wardoctorheroes series, we’re proud to introduce Dr Youssef Saab from Lebanon, a surgeon who works just 3km from the Syrian border. We first met Youssef in 2018, when he attended our overseas HEST course in Beirut. On this specialised surgical training course, Youssef...
We are proud to introduce Dr Samah in the latest instalment of our War Doctor Heroes. These features share the stories of our global family of surgeons. Their courage, diligence and dedication inspires everything that the Foundation strives to achieve. Dr Samah is the only female surgeon in Aden...
We are delighted to feature Dr Awss from Iraq as our latest War Doctor Hero. Dr Awss was responsible for eight field hospitals in Iraq during the worst of the fight with ISIS and he continues to treat victims of war there. He has trained with us overseas and...
War Doctor Heroes features the stories of our global family of surgeons. Their devotion to saving lives inspires us to keep moving forward. Conflict doesn’t stop, neither do we. In this feature, we’re proud to introduce Dr Aeshah from Libya. Dr Aeshah travelled 1,000 miles to attend our HEST...
This is Omar. He is an orthopaedic surgeon in Iraq. He came on one of our surgical training courses in 2018. We heard that, following a massive road traffic accident, a young patient was brought into his hospital with a compound hip fracture. He was losing so much blood...