Gaza: Helping Sunny Boy walk again
Jennifer Tong, an Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) surgeon from Hong Kong, shares the story of Sunny Boy – a young Palestinian she helped recover from a gunshot wound.
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Nursing in Gaza: “He was hit by a single bullet, passing through both his lower legs”
South African nurse Annke is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) near the border between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Here, she shares the story of a patient recovering from a gunshot injury he received during the “March of Return” demonstrations in May.
In the operating room: Yemen, Day 15
School is out for the summer in Yemen, but the cholera outbreak and ongoing civil war show no signs of slowing down. Anesthesiologist Kariantti blogs from Khameer...
In the operating room: Yemen, Day 12
MSF anesthesiologist Kariantti follows up on a young patient who had been shot in the abdomen...
In the operating room: Yemen, Day 9
Anesthesiologist Kariantti and the team feel the pressure as the MSF hospital in Khameer faces a lack of beds and an impending cholera outbreak...
In the operating room: Yemen, Day 6
MSF anaesthesiologist Kariantti blogs about young patients in the intensive care unit
Wedding Anniversary
"Yesterday I had a date to call my husband on the satellite phone at 7pm Sudan time, 12-noon Brampton time. It was our 7th wedding anniversary."