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      Frontline Surgical Course
      Our Hostile Environment Surgical Training (HEST) course for frontline doctors focuses on trauma surgery skills.

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      Our Hostile Environment Surgical Training – Anaesthesia (HEST–A) course focuses on resuscitation, and pre- and post-operative care.

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      Our Hostile Environment Surgical Training UK (HEST-UK) course focuses on trauma surgery skills and is delivered in the UK.

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      Our Hostile Environment Surgical Training – Obs and Gynaecology (HEST-OG) course focuses on childbirth and maternal care.

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      We’re often moved by messages from readers of War Doctor – David’s written account of over 25 years…

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Dr Ismael Mohamed Haji's story

29 November 2022

Dr Haji could have saved his father, if he'd learned our surgical skills sooner.

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Ian Nesbitt, Anaesthetics faculty lead

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Ukraine,Frontline anaesthesia course

Ian Nesbitt, faculty lead anaesthetics, talks about the impact of our latest Hostile Environment Surgical Training courses in Ukraine, and finding Instructor Potential candidates in the country.

Oleksandr Nazarchuk, a Ukrainian anaesthetist from Vinnytsia

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Ukraine

Oleksandr Nazarchuk, an anaesthetist from Ukraine, and one of our IP (Instructor Potential) candidates, talks about his work as a war surgeon and the devastating missile attack on his home town which resulted in huge numbers of casualties.

Ammar Darwish, our Medical Director in Aleppo, Syria

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Syria

Ammar Darwish our Medical Director in Aleppo, near M1 hospital where, during the conflict he worked tirelessly alongside our Co-Founder David Nott and other surgeons, risking their lives to save others.

Uliana, a Ukrainian anaesthetist on the frontline

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Ukraine

Uliana Kaschii is an anaesthetist from Ukraine, who works on the frontline. After HEST courses with the foundation she is now an IP (Instructor Potential) and aims to become part of our Ukrainian Faculty.

Saladin Sawan on his latest scoping and operating mission to Syria

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Syria

Saladin Sawan, Faculty Lead for Syria, explains how it feels to return to his home country after the fall of the Assad regime, and how the foundation can play a part in the rebuilding the health system in the country.

Elly Nott our Co-Founder in Aleppo, Syria

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Syria

Our Co-Founder Elly Nott in front of M1 hospital in Aleppo, talks about the dire healthcare situation in Syria and how the foundation can support the country as they begin to rebuild.

It’s not about

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What we do, it's all about humanity. Everyone deserves access to safe, skilled surgical care.

It takes

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It takes more than a surgeon to save a life. It takes nurses. It takes anaesthetists. It takes bakers. It takes runners. It takes you 👈.

HEST course in Northwest Syria

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Our faculty member, Dr Mahmoud Hariri, shares what Syria and our training in Syria mean to him. Proud to partner with WHO's EPREP plan to strengthen trauma care in Northwest Syria.

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nottfoundation David Nott Foundation @nottfoundation ·
July 8, 2024

We are appalled by the devastation inflicted on #Okhmatdyt Сhildren's Hospital in #Kyiv.

Healthcare workers,
...patients and their families must be protected.

We will continue to do all we can to support #Ukraine's doctors.

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nottfoundation David Nott Foundation @nottfoundation ·
July 8, 2024

We are appalled by the devastation inflicted on #Okhmatdyt Сhildren's Hospital in #Kyiv.

Healthcare workers,
...patients and their families must be protected.

We will continue to do all we can to support #Ukraine's doctors.

Reply on Twitter 1810309736748679651 Retweet on Twitter 1810309736748679651 6 Like on Twitter 1810309736748679651 21