Over the past 12 months, UK-Med has worked across the world in Gaza, Ukraine, Zambia, Lebanon, Bangladesh and Rwanda supporting over 300,000 people through multiple crises and disasters, providing life-saving healthcare. This series of pictures depicts some of the key moments within the past year, highlighting the resilience from both our medics and those they have supported.
Psychologist Tetiana comforts a patient during a visit from the UK-Med mobile medical unit in eastern Ukraine.
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A man with severe wounds is treated at a UK-Med-supported hospital in Eastern Ukraine.
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Noura, 23, and her aunt. Noura was severely wounded in an airstrike in Gaza. At first, doctors believed she would never walk again. With the help of the UK-Med physiotherapy team, she is has regained the use of her legs.
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Adam, 3, lost his leg – and both his parents – in a strike in Al Mawasi. He now undergoes regular physiotherapy sessions at the UK-Med field hospital.
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The UK-Med surgical team at Al Aqsa Hospital, Deir el Balah, in February 2024.
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Dr Paul Ransom with patients at Nasser Hospital, where UK-Med repaired and helped reopen the emergency department.
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The field hospital under construction in Al Mawasi, May 2024.
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Paediatric nurse Kathleen Shields treats a baby with clubfoot at the UK-Med field hospital in Al Mawasi, Gaza.
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The surgical team prepares to operate on a man who has been shot through the thigh. UK-Med field hospital, Al Mawasi.
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A child receives a polio vaccine at the UK-Med clinic in Zuwaida, as part of the World Health Organization’s polio vaccination drive. The campaign reached more than 550,000 children.
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11–year-old Rabiul with his mum and sister. Rabiul was shot in the knee by police. He was operated on by UK-Med surgeons and will now be able to walk again. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Physiotherapist Beverley Tiplady working with a wounded patient at the Turkish Hospital in Saida, southern Lebanon, where the conflict has wounded more than 16,000 people.
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Medics from the UK Emergency Medical Team with local health staff in Zambia, where the UK EMT supported the response to a cholera outbreak.
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Charlie Bighams skydive raising vital funds for UK-Med- thank you!
As we move into a new year, we remain committed to reaching those in desperate need, saving lives in emergencies and building a world prepared to help.
