British surgeon helps doctors save war victims in Ukraine… from his base in London
- Dr David Nott has been saving Ukrainians over video calls by instructing medics
- He has warzone experience having worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria
- Professor Nott, 66, said Russia was also targeting hospitals, just as in Aleppo
- He also gave an online war surgery course to hundreds of doctors in Ukraine
A renowned British surgeon is helping Ukrainian medics save victims of the war – from hundreds of miles away.
London-based trauma surgeon David Nott recently used an internet link to guide a Ukrainian doctor through a procedure to save the leg of a man caught in an explosion.
Professor Nott has warzone experience having worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. He had recently returned from Ukraine when he got the call for advice on the operation.
The Ukrainian medic who contacted him, referred to only as Oleksandras as he wants to keep his identity secret, told the BBC: ‘I was quite nervous, and it was slowly, step-by-step surgery, but it went well, thanks to David Nott.’
Dr David Nott has helping Ukrainian medics save victims of the war by video calls. He has warzone experience having worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, but has turned his talents to guiding Ukrainian medics through difficult surgeries from hundreds of miles away
Professor Nott told the broadcaster of the horrors he saw in Ukraine: ‘It is the worst possible way of attacking the opposition, by simply shelling. It causes enormous damage. It causes dreadful, dreadful injuries.’
The consultant at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington previously helped doctors in Syrian city Aleppo complete an operation via Skype days before the facility was bombed.
Professor Nott, 66, said Russia was also targeting hospitals, just as in Syria. ‘Blowing up hospitals and killing doctors is a real weapon of war too, it’s just despicable,’ he said.
Last month, he gave an online war surgery course to hundreds of doctors in Ukraine. One said: ‘David has gone through almost all the wars of the past 20 years and… has the most conflict medical experience in the world. He did this course for us.’
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