A checklist for life
'When it comes to safety for patients in the operating theatre, it’s not always the ‘big spends’ that make the…
Unsung Heroes
A Kalashnikov crisis in Yemen
I have just returned from my first mission with Medicins Sans Frontieres in the Yemen and I can definitely say it…
The shaming of Dr Issam Abuanza
Looking at the grainy image of an NHS doctor in his blues pointing to the sky in the Isis salute…
Heals on wheels
Aaminah Verity is a volunteer doctor who works with the international healthcare charity, Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde).…
Hospitals out of thin air
What do you do when there are no hospitals and there is a desperate need? You bring an oversize inflator…
Winds of change for volunteer medics
Like many doctors in the UK, I wanted to take time out of my career in the NHS to do…
Medics under fire
Back in January when I first had the idea of a march to protest against the targeting of healthcare workers…
Working with extraordinary people
As the Chairman of Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders, I am privileged to work alongside a whole range of committed…
Exploring hope in ‘The Jungle’.
On the first of February this year I travelled to Calais to visit the refugee camp. In the run-up to…
Ebola – hiding in eyeballs
Samantha Roper, 30, is training to be a paediatrician in London. For the last two years, she has also been working…