Trauma & orthopaedic surgeon based in Scottish Highlands. Interested in humanitarian healthcare. Surgical Lead UK-Med, Med Board HALO Trust, Vice-chair FRRHH.
Joined October 2020
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In #Gaza, our medical team will continue supporting our Palestinian colleagues on the ground over the festive period.
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🚛 60 pallets of lifesaving medical supplies arrived safely at the UK-Med field hospital in Al Mawasi.
These supplies, worth £130,000, are a lifeline for our clinics in #Gaza, enabling us to continue providing emergency healthcare for thousands of ill and injured people.
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The Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) has recently appointed Prof Tony Redmond as its first-ever Honorary Fellow, recognising his lifetime of service to international emergency medicine and humanitarian healthcare.
Read more: bit.ly/4evaDEo
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Secure your place on this didactic two-day course on 2-3 April 2025, which will equip potential humanitarian surgeons with essential orthopaedic & plastic surgical techniques. The course will consist of short lectures and practical sessions.
Book today: bit.ly/3WJRHuw
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“I’m proud of the NHS and international staff who volunteered for this hazardous assignment as well as the local medics working tirelessly with us" – David Wightwick, CEO
This week marks 1 year of conflict. Since January, our medics have been saving lives in #Gaza @FCDOGovUK
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📍 #Gaza: @UNFPAPalestine recently delivered a maternal health unit to the @UKMed Field Hospital.
Equipped with an operating theatre, incubator, and recovery room, it will provide a haven for hundreds of pregnant women to give birth safely in the midst of a conflict zone.
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🛑 More than 38,000 people have been killed in #Gaza. The human toll is enormous.
Our medical teams at the UK-Med field hospitals are doing all they can to save lives. Of the 70,000+ people we’ve now treated, thousands have been lifesaving or life-changing surgical procedures.
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🏥 This month, our Surgical Training course in the UK (HEST-UK) was delivered in partnership with @RCSEd.
🌎 24 surgeons from around the world, including Australia, Libya, Ukraine and Poland, gained crucial skills for saving lives in #war.
🔗: lght.ly/8g09mk
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"When you're a humanitarian, you can't take sides," says Professor Angus Watson, who volunteers his time and surgical expertise to help communities in conflict zones around the world, including Ukraine and Gaza. He was speaking at the RACS ASC: racs-asc.arinex.one/program/…
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🏥 2 field hospitals
👩⚕️ 300+ staff
🩹 40,000+ people treated
Our #Gaza response is our largest humanitarian operation to date. Yet, it pales in comparison to the needs of people in Gaza.
We will continue to do as much as we can to help alleviate the suffering of those in need.
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We're all set up and ready to go at the Combined Services Orthopaedic Society Conference.
Be sure to pop along for a chat if you are attending today or tomorrow - we'd love to speak with you!
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Don't miss out on an opportunity to join our Hostile Environment Surgical Training in Edinburgh!
Learn how to be an effective humanitarian surgeon in frontline countries - directly from our Co-Founder David and experienced war surgery trainers.
See below to register 👇:
RCSEd and DNF team up to revolutionise trauma surgery training! Join us from 3-7 June for the HEST-UK course in Edinburgh, equipping surgeons with life-saving skills for conflict and disaster zones.
Spaces are limited, secure yours today: rcsed.ac.uk/hestuk @NottFoundation
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HEST-UK is an interactive five-day course, with an opportunity to learn from leaders within the field and to help prepare you to work in a #humanitarian crisis.
The course takes place on 3 - 7 June @RCSEd in collaboration with @NottFoundation.
Book here: bit.ly/49owquO
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More than two million innocent people in Gaza are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
I’m honoured to have been asked to perform at this concert - all proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians 🕊️🇵🇸
Tickets on sale NOW !!
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Six months have passed since the attack on 7 October that claimed the lives of around 1,200 people. In those six months, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed.
We reaffirm our commitment to remain in #Gaza and to continue our lifesaving work as long as we are able. 👇
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Over the last 2 years we have trained thousands of people in first aid and trauma care. But with 7.8 million people in #Ukraine still in need of support, we need your help to ensure we can continue to reach as many people as possible.
➡️uk-med.org/ukraine/
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The @RCSEd has partnered with the @NottFoundation to deliver the Hostile Environment Surgical Training UK Course (HEST-UK).
This collaboration aims to address the critical shortage of skilled surgical care in conflict and disaster zones.
Read more: bit.ly/43zqvSr
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“I’ve been working to ensure that our surgical teams have the essential supplies they need to continue their life-saving work in #Gaza. The catastrophic humanitarian situation is on a scale that none of us have witnessed before.”
-Gemma Blakey - Associate Director of Logistics
ALT https://www.uk-med.org/gaza-crisis-appeal/
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🏥 Follow our CEO, David Wightwick, on a tour of the UK-Med field hospital in #Gaza. With the emergency department, operating theatre and inpatient wards currently under construction, this facility will be able to treat at least 250 patients per day. 👇
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