A wounded British doctor and his elderly mother have finally managed to escape Sudan on a British evacuation flight – but countless NHS doctors have been left behind.
The doctor, who recently retired after working in the NHS for more than 30 years, dodged sepsis following an operation at an airfield in Khartoum, while his 87-year-old mother was eventually granted a temporary UK visa after waiting almost 16 hours for a decision at the airbase.
