Welcome to our latest news and round-up of how your support has been helping us to train more doctors with the specialist medical skills they need to work in war and disaster zones.

Meet Yemen’s only female surgeon

For International Women’s Day 2019, we featured the inspirational account of an exceptional woman. Samah is the only female surgeon in Aden and possibly in Yemen.  We originally met her when she completed our HEST course in 2016 having just recently qualified.  We met again recently her when she attended our second HEST in Yemen.  Over the last three years, she has come to be regarded as one of the very best and has consistently impressed our training team with her dedication and diligence.  Samah has already applied some of the skills she gained from our course.  Recently she told us that she carried out an emergency procedure during a life-threatening situation, saying “I saved his life, it was great what I felt at that moment.  It’s all thanks to the Foundation”.

Her legacy is a reminder of the many extraordinary women who’ve been in the “front line” for years.  We celebrate and thank them on this special day.

Help us train more surgeons like Samah by donating www.davidnottfoundation.com/donate

Students and Faculty on completion of the second course in Aden

Bestseller book

Have you read War Doctor yet?  This is David’s gripping account of life as a trauma surgeon in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones.  We’re proud that it debuted at NUMBER ONE in the Sunday Times chart and has been TOP 10 for six weeks now!

Here’s the latest news from its publisher, Picador:

  • 27,000 hardbacks have been sold via the publisher so far
  • 16,000 hardbacks have been sold through the tills in the UK
  • It’s been reprinted six times already!

Lebanon

We recently ran a surgical and training mission to Lebanon with Syria Relief to support Syrian and Palestinian refugees living in refugee camps. The work done by the team involved everything from repair of blast injuries from conflict, skin grafts for burns as well as more routine operations. David also taught surgical procedures to local surgeons in Lebanon giving them the specialist skills needed to work with victims of conflict.

We’ve been hearing from one of the doctors on the mission, who told us “This work not only invests in the local surgical team, but also provides life changing operations free of charge for Syrian and Palestinian refugees who would not be able to access this treatment otherwise”.

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