Doctors Without Borders is one of the biggest international nonprofit medical humanitarian organizations that provides emergency medical treatments to victims of war, famine, natural disasters, man-made disasters, and people with certain disabilities. It aids people despite their location, religion, or political beliefs. The organization was founded in 1971 in France by a group of journalists and doctors. Throughout the years, it has contributed immensely to the field of humanitarian aid. Below are some of its most significant accomplishments.
Doctors Without Borders was able to construct a hospital in just three weeks in the Tasnimarkhola camp in Bangladesh. The hospital is equipped with an emergency room, an intensive care unit, a sterilization unit, and its own pharmacy. Within its first month of operation, the hospital was able to admit 220 patients, half of which suffered from measles.
Conflict zones are no stranger to Doctors Without Borders as its volunteers also treated war-wounded victims in Taiz, one of the most intense conflict zones in Yemen. To this day, Doctors Without Borders remains as one of the few steadfast organizations committed to working in this war-torn region.
Treating refugees throughout the decades is also one of the major accomplishments of Doctors Without Borders, particularly those in the central Mediterranean. In collaboration with SOS MEDITERRANEE, the organization was able to rescue 3,645 people and safely bring them to Italy.
Tup Ingram, M.D., is a medical doctor, Juris Doctor, and an MBA degree holder based in Nashville, Tennessee. He had worked with Operation Smile, Habitat for Humanity, Doctors Without Borders, and the Viennese Opera Ball of New York City. For similar reads, click here.
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