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Influx of wounded patients in Sica hospital in Bangui

Surgery & trauma care

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Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing surgical care for people in precarious contexts for more than 40 years.

Surgery in a humanitarian situation is often associated with armed conflict. Yet our teams conduct operations for a variety of needs. In 2022, one in five of the major surgeries we performed were caesarean sections, which is difficult to access in countries with a failing health system or in humanitarian emergencies. The opening of a surgical programme has a number of prerequisites which need medical and logistics resources, such as sterile conditions, qualified personnel, and post-operative capacity.

Quick facts about surgery and trauma care

Surviving violence
Here, the weekends are always intense.. we deal with even four patients with gunshot wounds at the same time. Francesco Virdis, surgeon

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Surgeries in Al-Awda Hospital
Palestine

The challenge of filling gaps in the legs of Gaza’s wounded

Project Update 24 Jan 2019
 
Gaza - Lifelong impact of gunshot injuries
Palestine

Gazans’ injuries risk permanently shattering lives

Press Release 29 Nov 2018
 
Bilya, noma survivor
Noma

The neglected disease that destroys faces and lives

Project Update 15 Nov 2018
 
“My hope for the future? I don’t have hope”
Palestine

“When I sleep, it feels like knives moving through my leg”

Voices from the Field 2 Oct 2018
 
“My hope for the future? I don’t have hope”
Palestine

“Nothing can prepare you for this”

Voices from the Field 2 Oct 2018
 
Tabarre
Haiti

First-class surgery for all in Tabarre hospital

Project Update 15 Aug 2018
 
BMRC - Baghdad medical rehabilitation center
Iraq

Helping victims of war get back on their feet

Project Update 9 Aug 2018
 
Gaza protest
Palestine

Gaza: A long ordeal awaits hundreds of wounded from the March of Return

Project Update 8 Aug 2018
 
Emergency Trauma Surgery in Al Ramtha Governmental Hospital.
Jordan

Voices of Ramtha

Voices from the Field 11 Jun 2018
Advanced HIV management in Homa Bay
Medical Resource

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