Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders

Living in Emergency Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Mark N. Hopkins. It was among thedocumentaries shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 82nd Academy Awards.

Set in wartorn Congo and postconflict Liberia, Living in Emergency interweaves the stories of four doctors as they struggle to provide emergency medical care in extreme conditions.Two of the doctors are new recruits a 26yearold Australian stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon struggling to cope under the load of emergency cases in a shattered capital city. Two others are experienced field hands a dynamic Head of Mission, valiantly trying to keep morale high and tensions under control, and an exhausted veteran, who has seen too much horror and wants out. ........

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