ITV News has filmed with volunteer doctors from @nottfoundation in the UK helping to save lives in Syria with @afh_charity.
CEO and Co-Founder of the David Nott Foundation @eleanor_nott writes a first-person piece on the importance of their work
https://t.co/UKyvZgEBIx
"It was pitch black at night when we arrived... the fighting is continuing and obviously the hospital that we were in was the frontline hospital to accept all those casualties".
Read our new Q&A with David Nott on his recent mission to Yemen: https://t.co/m28yElGWbe
#WarSurgery
David discussed a particular situation from the mission where, the day after teaching local surgeons about thoracic injuries, a patient presented with a gunshot wound to the chest.
They were able to put the previous day's learning into practice immediately (2/2)
#warsurgery
Yesterday, David went on @SkyNews to talk about his recent mission to Yemen, and the BAFTA winning 'Inside Idlib' with @AlexCrawfordSky.
David's message was that in the midst of war, surgeons in #Yemen are exhausted and need assistance. (1/2)
THREAD: David has just returned from a two-week mission to #Yemen with @SyriaRelief. The team, including our faculty member @Ammar_Darwish1 and @mrortho operated for around 12 hours each day, and lectured in the evenings to local surgeons. (1/3)