In October, Luca, Coordinator of our regional cardiac surgery programme, and Maria, a long-standing cardiologist at EMERGENCY, were in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, for the first heart-screening misson at the new clinic at Orotta Hospital
"Let’s look forward”. That is what we tell our patients every day, encouraging them to take back the life that war has snatched away. We help them to do just that.
We ask Europe to act immediately to avoid another war and to categorically refuse any support for military operations.
In the face of conflict, our human spirit and solidarity will always endure.
Best wishes to all for a more just, supportive and human new year. We can achieve it together.
We had decided to leave forever, but I became a paraplegic at 23 years of age. What will we do now?
This is how I approach my work and my life, with the hope of being able to return soon to Qamishlo, in my Syria.
Sometimes it's really tough, but we have no intention of stopping.
