Dipesh is one of the patients in the MSF field hospital, the closest referral hospital for the 220,000 displaced people living in Menik Farm camp. Since he was wounded over a month ago, Dipesh has been going from one medical structure to another looking for treatment. Anxiety overcomes the strong...
War wounded treated in the MSF-run hospital in Guri El in Galgaduud Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated dozens of war wounded patients following fighting in the town of Webho in Central Somalia on Friday. The patients arrived Friday night at the 80 bed MSF-run Istarlin Hospital in Guri El –...
While Sri Lanka’s ministry of health has set up a system to provide initial treatment to the wounded and sick people in the camps, the needs remain immense, requiring a round-the-clock medical presence in the camps to respond to all emergencies. MSF has the capacity to scale up surgical and medical...
While over the last few weeks tens of thousands of people have emerged from the Vanni, the former conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, MSF teams have been working alongside Sri Lankan Ministry of Health staff providing surgical and medical care to people who were caught up in the fighting. The...
Ramachandra 18 years old, was wounded on January 8 and underwent amputations at a hospital in the Vanni. She was evacuated by ICRC ambulance to the main hospital in Vavuniya eight days later. The young woman is missing her left hand and left leg, and half of her right foot. Without post operative...
MSF Launches New Report: “No Refuge, Access Denied: Medical and Humanitarian Needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa” Violence, sexual abuse, harassment, appalling living conditions, and a serious lack of access to essential healthcare, define the desperate lives of thousands of Zimbabweans in South...
In early May, fighting resumed between government forces and Al-Houthi rebels in northern Yemen. MSF teams have treated 41 wounded patients in the Razeh hospital. Since May 5, fighting has occurred nearly every day in Razeh, northern Yemen. For now, MSF has been able to continue working at the city...
Following the expulsion of the Dutch and French sections from North Sudan in March 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to provide aid in five locations in the Darfur region. In North Darfur MSF teams are working in Shangil Tobaya and Kaguro. In Shangil Tobaya, 65km south of El...
Médecins Sans Frontières denounces the relentless attitude of the Dutch government, which has pursued the organization in the courts since July 2004. The Nederlands demands that MSF reimburse the government for the ransom paid to free Dutch citizen Arjan Erkel, MSF head of mission, who was held...
In five days, from May 16 to 20, 77,000 people emerged from the former conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka arriving in the Vavuniya district. Many of them needing urgent medical care. MSF teams have been providing medical services day and night at different locations in the district, from the...
