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Gaza | Earlier this month | The work of MSF
AT THE end of August, a mission of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) entered Gaza via the Eretz crossing and set to work in what then may have been the busiest hospital in the world, Al-Shifa.
MSF allowed the Australian documentary maker 60 Minutes to video the work of one of MSF's surgeons, incuding scenes shot in an operating theatre of Gaza City hospital.
The programme Lifesaver (15 minutes) was aired in Australia last Sunday.
The film also discusses the surgeon's motivation.
The doctor featured in the film (John Swinnen) is described as an 'Aussie' (he's lived and worked in Sydney for some years). He is also a Prague-born, former Belgian and a naturalised New Zealander. He began his medical training in Cape Town and received most his training in Dunedin, NZ, at whose medical school he met my sister (with whom there's a brief interview in the film; there's also a fleeting photo of my late nephew).
John's a veteran of several MSF missions.
Link to MSF.
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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Clive the documentary is very moving, and your brother in law, and your sister, are just lovely people. All of those who volunteer for MSF, going into dangerous situations to care for the injured like Gaza or helping those suffering from conditions like ebola, deserve our heartfelt thanks and support.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Maggie, this morning I had an update from him about the work of Médecins Sans Frontières in Yemen: 400m from the front line:
MSF: On danger's doorstep – surgery on the front lines in Yemen
Despite what he says in the story, we worry. The accidental bombing of an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, happened on 3 October after he wrote the story and it underlines the risks.
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