Afghanistan: ‘But I Decided To Stay’
Hedayat is 38 years old. He’s been working as a surgeon at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul for 14 years.
Hedayat is 38 years old. He’s been working as a surgeon at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul for 14 years.
The main aim of the Centre is to remove all barriers created by disability and to allow individuals to regain a livelihood for themselves and their families.
Gardens take on special significance in every EMERGENCY project.
A drone killed six people and three wounded patients are being taken to our First Aid Post
How many children are living here?’ I ask. ‘There are about 11,500 people living in the camp and more than half of them are children.’
Our hospital beds are full every day. And nobody knows why we keep fighting this war. It has simply become normal”
Let’s take a moment to look back at what happened in 2018 and what we managed to achieve thanks to your support.
Miriam and Peace arrived at EMERGENCY’s facility on 31 October and she underwent the corrective open-heart surgery on 8 November. She is now doing very well and has recovered fully.
We were delighted to welcome Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, for a visit of our Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul