Surgical trainings in Ukraine
Surgeons and anaesthetic surgeons from regions all over Ukraine gathered in Lviv, in late March and early April, for two HEST® courses delivered by our...
Tag: David Nott Foundation
Ukraine: the significant challenges of the present and what the next decade will hold
Travelling through Ukraine, its overwhelming cultural power is palpable and unavoidable. No amount of challenges, obstacles and setbacks, as evil as they might be, seem...
Funding a Palestinian doctor for paediatric trauma training
The conflict in Israel and Palestine has put Palestinian medical professionals under extreme pressure, and we remain committed to supporting them. Recently, we funded Dr...
24 doctors trained during 1st UK course with Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
For the first time in partnership with Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), we delivered a Hostile Environment Surgical Training UK (HEST-UK) course to...
“If this training can work in Gaza, it can work anywhere else.”
Dr Israar Ul-Haq joined our HEST-UK (Hostile Environment Surgical Training-UK) course in Bolton to improve his trauma surgery skills before entering the heart of Palestine’s crisis...
Syrian doctors upskilled to screen and treat women with cervical cancer
Dr Saladin Sawan, Consultant Surgeon in Gynaecological Oncology and one of our faculty trainers, recently returned from a surgical mission in Idlib, Syria, upskilling 41...
80 surgeons and anaesthetists upskilled in Kyiv, Ukraine
Our new Chief Operating Officer, Tim Law, recently returned from his first mission. Tim supported our trainers to deliver two surgical training courses in Kyiv....
David Nott Foundation: Becoming the calm in any storm
Dr Esayas Mustefa is the only general surgeon within a 130km radius in Ethiopia. When we trained him during one of our UK HEST courses,...
“The need in Syria is astonishing”
We’ve just returned from northwest Syria after training 35 local doctors to surgically treat complex wounds caused by the earthquake that shattered parts of Syria...
Leaving a lasting legacy with 15 Yemeni surgeons
Dr Shabnam Parkar is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. After many years treating children in the UK and providing medical...
