UK-Med mobile medical units operate daily in frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, where healthcare facilities are either closed or destroyed....
Mohammed was sitting with his family in Rafah when he was hit in the head by a bullet. Today, Mohammed and his son Kamar, are bonding over rehabilitation....
Mona was walking to the makeshift tent she now calls home when the explosion happened across the street. She was 35 weeks pregnant....
12-year-old Ahmad was in a critical condition when he arrived at UK-Med’s type II field hospital in Al-Mawasi, Gaza. He had a severe leg injury, the result of a nearby airstrike. ...
Rghad’s legs lie motionless in her hospital bed, her mother, Linda, sits beside her, occasionally wiping the sweat from her daughter’s forehead. It is hot in the paediatric ward at UK-Med’s field hospital. It is hot in Gaza. ...
English teacher, Lina, 26, was spending time at a café on the beach with her sister and cousin. All of a sudden, she felt a pulsating buzz in her ear followed by a burning sensation all over her body. She couldn’t open her eyes. ...
As we approach World Patient Safety Day, we're putting patients in the spotlight by sharing Halyna’s story; a patient who was treated at one of UK-Med’s mobile clinics in Ukraine. World Patient Safety Day, observed annually, unites us in a global effort to raise awareness...
Kenyan critical care doctor and UK-Med member Serah tells us of her experiences setting up a life-saving Intensive Care Unit for pregnant mums in Malawi, as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team’s (UK EMT) response to COVID-19. ...
Barry, a retired headteacher, was a patient at Mt Hagen hospital in Papua New Guinea for nine weeks after he contracted COVID-19. Barry was known by many of the local health staff as he'd been their teacher at school, and he quickly developed a real...
A UK-Med team including nurses, doctors and humanitarian health specialists is currently in Armenia, supporting the country’s response to COVID-19. We’re working there as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT), which is funded by UK Aid. Our work includes on-the-job support to help...