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  • A Tribute to Dr Papa Webster

    In parts of West Africa, the Scottish reconstructive surgeon Dr Martyn Webster was not known by his titles or professional appointments. He was known simply as Papa Webster. It was not a nickname given lightly. In the clinical and cultural worlds he worked in, such names are reserved for people who stay, who teach, and… Keep reading →

  • GAZA: THE TEST OF OUR CONSCIENCE

    by Paul Wolf —— I don’t write as a politician, a diplomat or a statesman, but as a family doctor who has seen what happens when medicine is allowed to reach people – and what happens when it is blocked. There are moments when history turns and looks at us. Gaza is such a moment.…

  • WHEN 🇩🇪 HISTORY WHISPERS: MEDICINE, MORALITY, AND THE SIEGE ON GAZA UNDER 🇮🇱 Israeli CONTROL

    No child should have to cross a border to find oxygen, safety, or hope. If medicine can move, humanity can still win. (Photo: FAJR Global – shared with respect and gratitude to those saving lives.) ——- I write to you today not as a politician, not as a diplomat, but as a doctor. I have not…

  • IT’S BETTER TO GIVE – NOT ONLY WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT WHO YOU ARE

    by Paul Alexander Wolf – doctor, listener, occasional wanderer Above: A Rwandan artisan weaving a traditional peace basket – each thread a gesture of renewal, each pattern a memory reimagined. In the years after the genocide, women like her rebuilt what words could not: trust, livelihood, and the quiet art of beginning again. 🌍 Companion…

  • When the World Forgets How to Feel

    by Dr Paul Alexander Wolf MBBS FRACGP JCPTGP DFFP Physician, humanitarian, and writer The picture above represents silhouettes behind barbed wire and broken glass – a quiet reminder of how easily freedom fractures when empathy fails. Each outline could be anyone, anywhere. The image is not from one war, but from all of them: the…

  • WHEN CONTROL FAILS – What Illness and War Teach About the Worth of Life

    Gaza: an ongoing death trap of collective responsibility – a catastrophe at holocaust proportions, where the innocent bear the unbearable weight of history repeating itself. ——- A reflection on mortality, meaning, and the courage of those who keep caring when the world collapses. Context Update – October 28 2025 As of this evening, Israel’s Prime…

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