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EMERGENCY Turns 27
It had to be “simple and immediate, clear, easily replicable wherever you were, even with a little red paint, a piece of wood and some rope ”. This was the brief for the EMERGENCY logo, born 27 years ago. Since 15 May 1994, this red and encircled ‘E’ has been a symbol of our daily…
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I Really Wish I Could See This Hospital Empty One Day
“I still remember that eight-year-old boy I took care of in the very first month on the job. He had lost one leg in an explosion. He asked me to help him to scratch an itch on his foot. But it was the foot that he didn’t have anymore. He made my eyes fill with…
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Life Cannot Wait
She was born in our hospital in Lashkar-Gah, Afghanistan – a Surgical Centre for War Victims in Helmand province. Her mother was nine months pregnant when she was brought to us with a wounded abdomen. She is one of the many people injured by fighting that has erupted around the city in recent days. Our…
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Ready to Do What He Knows Best: Be a Doctor.
“Who am I? That’s a complicated question. What I know for now, is that I am a doctor. My work started from a desire to do medicine, to help, and to feel like I could use my skills to do good for others. At EMERGENCY, I found a place to do that. Over the years,…
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International Day of the Midwife 2021
“If every birth is a miracle, then this maternity centre has had more than its share”. That’s how the New York Times described EMERGENCY’s Anabah Maternity Centre in Afghanistan. It is with pride that we present you with these words again today. It is with pride that we celebrate this incredible facility in the heart…
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“For the Excellence of the Care Offered by EMERGENCY”.
“For the excellence of the care offered by EMERGENCY”. This medal was presented to us by the President of Sierra Leone, who bestowed EMERGENCY with the title of “Commander of the Order of Rokel”, an important honour awarded for exceptional achievements. This is unexpected recognition that confirms the importance of our commitment to guaranteeing free,…
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“A New Piece of EMERGENCY’s Story has Begun”.
“EMERGENCY has always dreamed of building a hospital here in Uganda and, today, that dream is finally a reality,” says Lorenzo, standing next to the walls of the new Entebbe Children’s Hospital. It was not an easy process, one that started over three years ago in collaboration with Renzo Piano, who designed the facility with…
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“We’ve finally Opened the Doors to Our Little Patients.”
“Last time I was here, this hospital was still under construction. Now, we’ve finally opened the doors to our little patients.” Our president Rossella Miccio is at the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda. She talks to us about the importance of this new facility – another milestone in EMERGENCY’s provision of free, high-quality healthcare.
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WE ARE OPEN IN UGANDA.
The new Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe has begun clinical activities! Our first patients are Ramadhan, Topista, Justine, Katongole, Matovu and Jordan, all of whom are between 3 and 11 years old. The hospital will provide children and teenagers with free, high-quality care, and has tripled the number of beds for paediatric surgical care in…
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Everything is Ready for this New Chapter to Begin.
When we saw the initial sketches of the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda, we could already imagine it: the work in the operating theatres, the training of local medical staff, all the patients we would treat. We wanted a hospital that was beautiful, functional, welcoming, and that would become a place to give all…