Dr. Catena opened the 435-bed Mother of Mercy Hospital in the hamlet of Gidel, where he alone treats a population of one million for everything from childbirth to leprosy and pediatric kidney cancer.
Read more26-year-old dentistry student, Muhammad Darwish, took matters into his own hands when the Syrian civil war launched him out of his profession and into a new one – a surgeon.
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Pakistan has an epidemic that leaves tens of thousands of children vulnerable and alone. Bandits known as “dacoits” kidnap children for ransom money, and in rural provinces like Larkana, local law enforcement is practically powerless.
Read moreKnown in the humanitarian medical relief world as the “Indiana Jones of Surgery,” David Nott is a renowned British surgeon who has made a name for himself volunteering in chaotic war and disaster environments.
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