25 Years of EMERGENCY: Every Patient is a Priority
Sometimes our patients respond with a smile - sometimes with quiet, dignified determination.
Sometimes our patients respond with a smile - sometimes with quiet, dignified determination.
Founding EMERGENCY was a gut reaction, not just a mental decision.
EMERGENCY doesn’t just mean war surgery – it means medicine, rights and equality.
It’s EMERGENCY’s very own 007, built in 1998 in the labs at the Centre by amputee and disabled former patients.
One child at a time, one life at a time, midwives are an essential part of creating a safe environment for women and new-borns.
War may have brought him here - but it didn't take away his spirit.
Here, we always try to see the glass as half full. Even here in the Intensive Care Unit, where we monitor patients after their operations, waiting for them to wake back up again.
EMERGENCY's doctors and nurses listen to testimonies like these from our patients in Afghanistan and Iraq too often.
More than half of these attacks occurred in in the capital, where EMERGENCY’s surgical centre has been offering treatment to victims of war since 2001.
The WHO delegation reiterated its appreciation for EMERGENCY’s work around the world, with Dr Tedros saying that he had “seen first-hand the incredible work it does”.