April 21, 2015
Name : Ali Saadi
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Omar Al Balkhi, 29, was injured in a bomb blast in Daraa, Syria, and treated at first in a field hospital. He was later transferred to the MSF War Trauma surgical project at Al Ramtha hospital in Jordan in order to undergo multiple surgeries.
In this video Al Balkhi speaks of the trauma of losing his leg, his struggle to recover from the injuries he sustained, and the physical and psychological help he is now receiving in Jordan.
The war in Syria recently entered its fifth year. Read an article by MSF International President Joanne Liu on the subject here – https://msfsouthasia.org/article/syria-%E2%80%93-unacceptable-humanitarian-failure
