An impressive medical mission recently took place in Ethiopia, where a group of surgeons, including Viktoria König, a specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery at MedUni Vienna's Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, treated people with serious injuries sustained during the protracted civil war in the northern region of Tigray. The civil war in Ethiopia, which raged for many years and claimed the lives of more than 600,000 people, only reached a temporary ceasefire last fall. As a result of the ongoing violence, it was too dangerous to provide medical aid on the ground for a long time. This year, however, the opportunity arose to carry out a humanitarian mission in the region. The team, consisting of two Czech plastic surgeons, a Czech surgical nurse, a Czech orthopaedic surgeon and Viktoria König from MedUni Vienna, was able to embark on the trip in October 2023 after intensive preparation. The mission lasted two weeks, during which Viktoria König and her colleagues operated on site at the University Hospital in Mekele, Tigray, for nine days. On arrival, they were confronted with a large number of patients, many of whom had suffered gunshot wounds.
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