Surgical missions
When a humanitarian emergency is acute, what’s needed most are doctors on the ground. That’s why our faculty of experienced trainers remain agile, ready to pause their teaching and volunteer their surgical skills.
To do this, our trainers work with humanitarian organisations, such as Médecins Sans Frontières or Action For Humanity, to deliver surgical missions in times of urgent need.
Our trainers may also deliver operating missions with us. To help them have even greater impact in the hospitals they operate in, we fund their surgical equipment and teaching tools on a case-by-case basis.
“Due to a buckling healthcare system, women in Syria aren’t seeking or receiving the cervical cancer screening diagnosis or treatments they need. That’s why I travelled to Idlib to perform procedures and teach 41 surgical residents.”
Dr saladin Sawan, SYRIA
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