A doctor who trained in the UK has been killed in an air strike while treating patients in war-torn Syria.
Dr Emad Alnesr trained with Human Appeal in Manchester in November and travelled back to his home country to help those affected by the conflict
Dr Emad Alnesr was working with Human Appeal, a humanitarian aid charity based in Manchester, when he was killed in the strike, conducted by Russian forces.
The attacks are said to have hit five hospitals and two schools, claiming the lives of up to 50 people.
Dr Alnesr, from Syria, is believed to have been the only vascular surgery doctor worker in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Maarat al-Nu`man.
The attacks are said to have hit five hospitals and two schools
The course was on anaesthesia and led by two doctors from the UK, reports Manchester Evening News.
Dr Hussein Nagi, one of the doctors who led the course, said: “He was the most decent and polite surgeon I’ve ever met.
“He was killed by a Russian air strike on his hospital two days ago.
“I had the honour to train him among other Syrian doctors and technicians in Gaziantep two months ago with Human Appeal, a training programme for medics that is now needed more than ever.”
Othman Moqbel, chief executive of Human Appeal, said: “Dr Alnesr lost his life while helping others fight for theirs when a jet attacked the hospital he was in.
“It is a repulsive irony that someone in hospital can be recovering from the illness or injury they are fighting, but lose their life in their sickbed when a bomb is dropped on them.
“It is an equally disgusting irony that doctors, who spend their time fighting death on the ground, can die when death rains down on them from the skies.”
He added: “It is disheartening when you realise all the training we give to doctors and surgeons on ways to improve medical care for those affected by this atrocious conflict can be undone in seconds from a bomb dropped from above.
“We strive to help people like Dr Alnesr, who show the perfect mix of intelligence, bravery and compassion in their dedication to provide medical care for people in a land ravaged by violence.”
Human Appeal has a presence in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
The charity provides aid to some of the world’s poorest countries.
Source: MIRROR, 19 FEB 2016
