"And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route."
— Plato Phaedrus (via thewondererthinks)
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A young Afghan man is transferred to another bed before undergoing an emergency operation in the surgical ward. The man had suffered a gunshot wound to the lower chest.
Before the opening of the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan, people in the region suffering from severe injuries had two options. They made the long and dangerous journey to Kabul or Pakistan, or they visited an expensive private clinic. As a result, few patients received the trauma care they needed.
In less than a year, the MSF trauma center, equipped with an emergency room, two operating theaters, and an intensive care unit, has seen more than 3,700 patients. The majority are victims of so-called “general trauma”—road traffic accidents, domestic violence, or civilian gunshot wounds.
More photos: Trauma Care Where There Was None in Northern Afghanistan
*All patients’ names have been changed.
Photos: Afghanistan 2012 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
(Source: vimeo.com)
