Disaster relief
Read stories about physicians who share their skills when and where the need is greatest.
We brought the worst of the worst over to our hospital, and operated...you grapple with the ethics of ‘do I send you home immediately post op, or not do your surgery because we don’t have a bed for you?
- Dr. Paul Duffy, Team Broken Earth
Hope floats
Alberta physician spent months at sea tending to refugees fleeing conflict, as part of Doctors Without Borders’ first ship-based medical mission.
When disaster strikes
Edmonton emergency physician travels the world to help people in areas devastated by natural disasters.
Global responsibility
A Calgary physician’s commitment to global health takes him wherever he is needed most.
Healing the horror
Edmonton psychiatric resident Dr. Saleem Al-Nuaimi travels to Syria to help people heal from the atrocities of war.
Building hope
Calgary physician Dr. Janice C. Heard helps a Laos village to build schools that will improve their children’s futures.
Building expertise
Calgary physician helps Haiti rebuild its medical community
Eye of the storm
Dr. Paul Duffy, a Calgary orthopedic surgeon, brings expertise and compassion to earthquake ravaged Haiti.
