Today, is World Humanitarian Day. It is a day when we pay special tribute to the real-life heroes who have committed their lives to helping others in the most extreme circumstances throughout the world....
Geitaoui Hospital’s Medical Director, Dr El Khalil described how medical staff carried patients out of destroyed wards in their arms in complete darkness, down six flights of stairs, as the electrical power had been blown out. ...
On Tuesday evening at 6pm a warehouse at the Beirut Port, Lebanon, containing large quantities of ammonium nitrate exploded. After an initial explosion, a subsequent blast caused widespread damage, with reports of damage more than 20 kilometers from the port area. Tragically, over 157 people...
In May 2020 UK-Med became one of the few NGOs in the UK, licensed to procure, store, export and supply medicines to patients overseas – enabling a faster response to more medical emergencies where-ever they may be....
The UK-Med team has grown significantly over the past year and we are so lucky to have so many new faces join us. All our staff bring with them a wealth of experience, new skills and a hard-working ethos needed to carry our out vital...
We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended UK-Med’s Virtual Pub Quiz on 11th June. You helped raise an incredible £259 for UK-Med, and hopefully had a great time doing so. We're looking forward to bringing you more virtual events in...
Combating the Novel Coronavirus requires novel ideas...
Meet Kirsty, Angela and Marc, three of our register members who are responding to the pandemic in three very different environments. We caught up with each of them to learn more about their work lives during this challenging time, how their roles may have shifted and...
My name is Dr Fredrick Mate. I have just completed my mission in Ghana where I was the UK-Med/UK-EMT member deployed with the World Health Organization to offer technical support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) Ghana on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans. It was...
Hollywood star Alan Cumming has allowed a nurse to manage his Twitter and Instagram pages – to highlight frontline workers fighting Covid-19. David Anderson was given access to the actor’s platforms for 24 hours to talk about his role in battling the pandemic. The 51-year-old emergency medicine...