Gaza | Mona
15th August 2025
Mona was walking to the makeshift tent she now calls home when the explosion happened across the street. She was 35 weeks pregnant....
Patient Stories
Gaza | Ahmad: The road to recovery
8th August 2025
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. ...
Gaza | Rghad: The life-altering effects of the conflict
5th August 2025
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. ...
Gaza | Lina: “I heard them saying we’ll lose her, let’s hurry up.”
18th June 2025
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. ...
World Patient Safety Day in Ukraine
15th September 2023
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...