Mohammed Yusuf's Madina Hospital

In Al Jazeera, 'If I was sane, I would have fled!'- Dr Mohammed Yusuf founder of Madina Hospital Mogadishu recounts his work:

Image Dr Mohammed Yusuf Photo: Abdi Hassan/IRIN

"The difference between a robot and a human being are feelings," he observes. "I have grown numb to almost everything that goes on around me. Very few things move me," he told me as he did his early morning rounds."If I was normal and had my feelings intact, I would have fled like the thousands fleeing my country every month," he says. The only thing that keeps him going, he says, is the knowledge that he is saving lives.

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BBC Slideshow of the hospital