![]() The horns acted as a siren, and we’d know to get the emergency room ready so we could assess the patients and decide who needed to go straight into theatre. In these extracts from the book, he describes the shocking realities of working on the front line of the civil war in Syria.Įvery now and then, at any time of day or night, we might hear the blaring of a car or pickup truck’s horn in the distance, getting louder and louder as the vehicle sped towards us with its cargo of victims. His memoir War Doctor is a gripping, moving and inspiring account of his time volunteering with organisations such as Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). As time went on, he realised that this frontline work was not enough, and in 2015 he set up the David Nott Foundation to train other doctors in how to save lives in the most extreme of circumstances. ![]() David has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in war-torn countries from Afghanistan to Syria. ![]() But for the last twenty-five years, he has also volunteered as a trauma surgeon in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones and in areas devastated by natural disasters. ![]() ‘I didn’t need asking twice when, during the summer of 2012, a call came from the head office of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Paris, asking if I would be prepared to work in a hospital they’d set up in Syria.’ – Dr David Nott.ĭr David Nott works in London as a vascular and general surgeon for the NHS. ![]()
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