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…
Unsung Heroes
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…
South Sudan: Saving lives amid chaos
Dumfries nurse Michael Shek spent six months at Bentiu camp in South Sudan, where people have fled for protection from the violence…