Médecins Sans Frontières - WEBCLIP - ENG

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB157463

Date taken / Date Recorded 19/05/2023 1:04 PM

Country Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Ala Kheir

Copyright Ala Kheir/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★★★★ (B)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m2s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 284.61 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist 00:03 - 00:10 - LOCATION IDENT: KHARTOUM, SUDAN

00:03 - 00:08
MSF identified Bashair Teaching Hospital as
a site close enough to the frontline in the conflict

00:10 - 00:17 - IDENT: WILL HARPER - EMERGENCY COORDINATOR - MSF

00:08 - 00:12
to really save lives and respond to the
needs of the conflict-affected people but

00:13 - 00:17
also to be in a place that our teams
could be safe and we could operate.

00:17 - 00:21
The situation here is difficult,
to put it simply.

00:21 - 00:25
We have limits on our water, on our electricity,
on our medical supply.

00:25 - 00:29
This hospital was completely closed and shut down
and so volunteers have restarted it

00:29 - 00:33
and MSF has come in with a surgical team to
add to the capacity of the hospital.

00:33 - 00:36
We're now running 24/7 operations.

00:36 - 00:41
We have our operating theatre, post-op,
we've built an intensive care unit.

00:42 - 00:45
The types of patients we've been
seeing are quite complex.

00:45 - 00:50
We've seen multiple patients with
gunshot wounds and stab wounds

00:50 - 00:55 - IDENT: DR SHAHZID MAJEED - SURGEON - MSF

00:50 - 00:56
who are highly critical and would
not survive without surgical care.

00:56 - 01:02
Performing these surgeries under these
austere environments is very challenging.

01:02 - 01:08
Because MSF has experience in working under
these conditions and managing the patients

01:08 - 01:14
with these complex injuries,
we've managed to provide good surgical care

01:14 - 01:17
and some of the patients have even been discharged.

01:18 - 01:22
With the volunteers, we're quite happy
that there's a good volunteer spirit

01:22 - 01:25
among the people in this hospital.

01:25 - 01:30
We are working together with them
to train them in managing patients

01:30 - 01:35
who require surgery and also to
provide post-operative care,

01:35 - 01:37
which is quite critical as well.

01:39 - 01:43
We just hope that this can be seen as
a medical space, a humanitarian space

01:43 - 01:47
that's respected by everyone and
those that can access us

01:47 - 01:51
or we can access them, can come here
for free, quality surgical interventions.

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WEBCLIP - ENG - Khartoum Surgical Team

WEBCLIP - ENG - Khartoum Surgical Team