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The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller
‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt
For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital.
The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of twenty-first-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal.
Driven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. But as time went on, David Nott began to realize that flying into a catastrophe – whether war or natural disaster – was not enough. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets.
War Doctor is his extraordinary story.
© 2019 Picador (Audiobook): 9781509841622
© 2020 Abrams Press (Ebook): 9781683359067
Release date
Audiobook: 21 February 2019
Ebook: 3 March 2020
4.6
Biographies
The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller
‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt
For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital.
The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of twenty-first-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal.
Driven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. But as time went on, David Nott began to realize that flying into a catastrophe – whether war or natural disaster – was not enough. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets.
War Doctor is his extraordinary story.
© 2019 Picador (Audiobook): 9781509841622
© 2020 Abrams Press (Ebook): 9781683359067
Release date
Audiobook: 21 February 2019
Ebook: 3 March 2020
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Neeraj
6 Dec 2023
A must listen, especially in these times of unrest. To hear the selflessness of healthcare volunteers in war. True heroes.
Sidharth
6 Mar 2021
Listening to the news and getting the perspective of one who has been through the situation breaks the reality of the life we are used to. It is inspiring to hear the dedication a few humans have towards our continuous survival.
Srijana
16 Feb 2021
This book literally gave me chills. The stories and experiences shared in the book are so horrifying that it made me sick in the stomach. I never had a visceral reaction to a book but this is the first of its kind. Having said that, the book is also hopeful and uplifting and encouraging. The selfless service of the frontline volunteers and their altruism is commendable. David Nott's work is nothing short of heroic. Highly recommend.
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