![]() ![]() Instead, it encouraged him to improve his skills and save as many other people as he could.įast forward 23 years and Dr Nott found himself amid one of the biggest humanitarian crises in reecnt history: the Syrian civil war. The experience did not deter him however. The building shook, the generator failed, and Nott felt the 16 year old boy die while his hands were in his abdomen. ![]() Nott opened his talk, David Nott: War Doctor, at the RNCM, describing his first time operating in a hospital that had been nicknamed ‘Swiss cheese’ because of the numerous holes that had been blown into it. His first encounter with life as a frontline surgeon came in Sarajevo in 1993, and his most recent deployment was in war-ravaged Syria. With the release of a new book, Dr Nott gave a talk in Manchester on his experiences – and why people in the West may need to rethink their idea of what depression is.ĭr Nott has worked as a surgeon in war zones, carrying out life-saving operations on men, women and children without basic medical supplies, with bullets firing and bombs exploding a stone’s throw away. Dr David Nott has spent the last 25 years travelling to war-torn countries helping those in dire need of medical care. ![]()
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