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From emergency caesarean sections to war surgery, MSF surgeons provide life-saving treatment.

In addition to saving lives, they also performing operations that are life-changing. These include highly technical operations on patients disfigured by noma, or reparative surgeries on women living with a fistula.

The work is incredibly varied, as are the settings, which can be anything from a temporary tented facility through to a modern hospital.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as an MSF doctor, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

Tomas Sebek
Surgeon
Surgery in South Sudan: Facing death
Surgeon Tomas blogs about an emergency surgery on an eighteen year old girl in South Sudan.
14 Jun 2017 / 8 minute read
Tomas Sebek
Surgeon
Surgery in South Sudan: the bald surgeon
Tomas discusses surgeries, head shaving and landmines: his account of a normal day in South Sudan.
08 Jun 2017 / 7 minute read
Tomas Sebek
Surgeon
Surgery in South Sudan: Let's not confuse the baby's back with its bottom...
Surgeon Tomas operates on various patients, including a a child needing a gastrostomy, a boy with a broken leg and delivers a baby.
31 May 2017 / 6 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: Goodbye little girl, goodbye Yemen
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She has recently returned from her assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about her final day on assignment, and a tiny patient who is close to her heart.
27 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: Dummy training and de-cluttering
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about collaborating with her colleague to design better working methods in emergencies.
20 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: The little girl is losing oxygen
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about a little patient returning to the operating theatre for a second time, in desperate need of medical care.
13 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read
Tomas Sebek
Surgeon
South Sudan: With brain injuries, it's not luck that counts - it's preparation
When Tomas arrived in South Sudan, he found he was missing one bit of surgeon’s kit. Here he explains how the instruments he ordered mainly as a precaution meant the team had a chance to save a young boy’s life.
07 Apr 2017 / 10 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: A Swede learns Arabic
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with MSF in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about the moments of happiness the team share, even when the work is tough.
30 Mar 2017 / 2 minute read
Yemen
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Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: "A few more hours and she would have died"
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She wrote this post on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about operating on a young girl in critical condition.
16 Mar 2017 / 2 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: The girl we could not save
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about a tragic family incident.
02 Mar 2017 / 3 minute read
Shadi Abdelrahman
Surgeon
Surgery in the field: "The kid had been shot in his abdomen by accident"
Shadi is a surgeon who has recently finished his first assignment for MSF. He blogs about two boys with gunshot wounds, the determination of a mother to help her son survive...
24 Feb 2017 / 3 minute read
Hella Hultin
Surgeon
Yemen: "We worked through the night"
Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about her first night in the hospital, and working at full speed from the start.
16 Feb 2017 / 3 minute read
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