London surgeon heads emergency clinic in Haiti

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Dr David Nott, 53, a vascular surgeon from Chelsea and Westminster hospital, will spend three weeks in Port-au-Prince with Médecins Sans Frontières.

The consultant hit the headlines two years ago when he followed text message instructions to perform a life-saving operation in war-torn Congo on a 16-year-old boy who had lost his arm.

MSF have asked Dr Nott, who is a keyhole surgery expert, to lead a team of doctors at a 100-bed inflatable hospital. They will deal with fractures, amputations, abdominal work and neck and chest problems.

Dr Nott has 14 years' experience in disaster areas and spends several months a year in war zones. He said plastic surgery such as skin grafts would be vital for victims of the Haiti earthquake and that children would be a priority.

"If one person in an incident is killed then the reality is another two or three more will be injured."

Haiti emergency appeal

Merlin is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee. You can donate to the DEC Haiti appeal online at www.dec.org.uk or by calling 0370 60 60 900.

For more information about Merlin's Haiti response please go to: www.merlin.org.uk or call 020 7014 1714.