Click here if you are having trouble viewing this message.
Dear Friend,
I’ll never forget the day over twenty patients were rushed into our emergency room with stab and gunshot wounds in Bangui, Central African Republic. Lives were on the line, time was running out—and I had to make a decision.
In that moment, I knew we needed to save as many lives as possible and prioritize the patients who most urgently needed medical attention.
As an emergency physician and medical advisor for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), these are the kinds of high-pressure situations we’re trained for. In the face of war, deadly disease outbreaks, and natural disasters, our nearly 63,000 staff members deliver lifesaving medical care worldwide. No matter how challenging the conditions, we find a way to put our patients first.
But, we can’t do this alone. Individual supporters like you allow us to provide rapid-response care when it’s needed most.
After war broke out, I traveled to Ukraine in March of this year to provide mass casualty training to hospital staff in Lviv. I taught them the very same skills I used that night in the emergency room in Bangui. After a weekend missile strike just outside the city, we practiced assessing patients in situations where multiple wounded people needed medical attention at the same time.
Whether it's the Central African Republic, Ukraine, Pakistan, or Haiti, we go wherever we’re needed to put Aid First and save lives. This is exactly why I became an emergency physician, and why I work for MSF.
I promise you: any gift you make will have a powerful impact. I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Thank you for helping us save lives.
Sincerely,
Dr. Edward Chu
Emergency Physician and Medical Advisor
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA
P.S. If your year-end gift and our email have crossed paths, we apologize and sincerely thank you for your generosity!
All gifts given, up to $1,000,000, will be doubled through 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31. Every dollar you give will be matched with $1. Gifts received after the match has been met will not be matched but will be used where needed most.
This email was sent from the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care.
You are receiving this message because [email protected] is subscribed to the DONOR COMMUNICATIONS list.
Manage Preferences Unsubscribe
Please do not email any credit card information to Doctors Without Borders as it is not a secure payment method. If you wish to make a donation, please click here.
40 Rector Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10006 | Phone: 212-679-6800
Make a donation: Toll-free at 1-888-392-0392 seven days a week Donate Online | Home Page | Privacy Policy
