British surgeon helps doctors save war victims in Ukraine… from his base in London 

A famend British surgeon helps Ukrainian medics save victims of the warfare – from tons of of miles away.

London-based trauma surgeon David Nott just lately used an web hyperlink to information a Ukrainian physician by a process to save lots of the leg of a person caught in an explosion.

Professor Nott has warzone expertise having labored in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. He had just lately returned from Ukraine when he bought the decision for recommendation on the operation.

The Ukrainian medic who contacted him, referred to solely as Oleksandras as he desires to maintain his id secret, informed the BBC: ‘I used to be fairly nervous, and it was slowly, step-by-step surgical procedure, but it surely went nicely, due to David Nott.’

Dr David Nott has serving to Ukrainian medics save victims of the warfare by video calls. He has warzone expertise having labored in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, however has turned his abilities to guiding Ukrainian medics by troublesome surgical procedures from tons of of miles away

Professor Nott informed the broadcaster of the horrors he noticed in Ukraine: ‘It’s the worst attainable manner of attacking the opposition, by merely shelling. It causes huge harm. It causes dreadful, dreadful accidents.’

The guide at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington beforehand helped docs in Syrian metropolis Aleppo full an operation by way of Skype days earlier than the power was bombed.

Professor Nott, 66, stated Russia was additionally focusing on hospitals, simply as in Syria. ‘Blowing up hospitals and killing docs is an actual weapon of warfare too, it’s simply despicable,’ he stated.

Final month, he gave an internet warfare surgical procedure course to tons of of docs in Ukraine. One stated: ‘David has gone by nearly all of the wars of the previous 20 years and… has essentially the most battle medical expertise on this planet. He did this course for us.’