Kenya/Sudan : Lopiding hospital, 1987-2006, in pictures

©American Red Cross /J. Matthews/ke-d-00002-01

Lopiding, outside the surgical hospital, where logistical and surgical expertise has enabled the ICRC to treat nearly 40,000 people.

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©American Red Cross /J. Matthews/ke-e-00126

Lopiding, 1988: intensive care unit at the hospital, which was initially set up in tents.

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©ICRC /L. Chessex/sd-n-00122-04

Lopiding, 1993: surgeon examining a patient's wounds. The hospital has played a unique role in training both expatriate and local staff.

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©ICRC /L. Chessex/sd-n-00134-22a

Lopiding, 1993; the surgical hospital.

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©ICRC /T. Gassmann/ke-n-00045-16

Lopiding, 1996: Sudanese war casualties arrive at Lokichokio airfield. About 95% of patients had to be air-lifted.

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©ICRC /T. Gassmann/ke-n-00041-26

Lopiding, 1996: the ICRC surgical hospital has carried out around 60,000 operations in 19 years.

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Lopiding, 1996: the operating theatre at the hospital. Lessons learned here on treatment procedures have been applied worldwide, helping to save more lives.

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©ICRC /T. Gassmann/ke-n-00049-04

Lopiding, 1996: even the young were not spared the horrors of war.

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©ICRC /T. Gassmann/ke-d-00012

Lopiding, 1998: the orthopaedic workshop has produced more than 9,000 crutches, in addition to artificial limbs and appliances

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©ICRC /T. Gassmann/ke-d-00022

Lopiding, 1998: the orthopaedic workshop finally closed in March 2006.

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©ICRC /L. Petridis/sd-n-00202-03

South Sudan, 2000: at a remote location, an ICRC doctor examines a wounded man before he is air-lifted to Lopiding.

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©ICRC /B. Heger/ke-e-00019

Lopiding, 2003: medical staff from around the world have worked at the hospital.

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Lopiding, 1998: the ICRC's orthopaedic workshop has fitted more than 4,300 patients with artificial limbs.

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Lopiding, 2003: learning to walk, again...

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Lopiding, 2003: the ICRC hospital compound.

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Lopiding, 2003: a patient waiting as doctors and nurses do the rounds in the wards.

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Lopiding, 2003: surgery in progress. Many patients required multiple operations because of severely infected wounds.

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