Connaught Hospital is the main referral hospital in Sierra Leone. Surgeons OverSeas (SOS) has been helping to improve surgical care since February 2008 with salary support for surgical health care workers, providing supplies and equipment, and undertaking training courses in emergency and essential surgical care.
In January 2009, photographer Susan Braun accompanied an SOS team and documented the people and facilities at Connaught. This video was presented to the staff of Connaught Hospital and to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation - it depicts some of the main problems in one of the world's poorest countries, but also provides a glimpse into the hope and potential as people struggle to improve their lives after a long and bloody civil war
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