A junior doctor from Newcastle has shared his terrifying ordeal of coming under fire while working on the frontline in Burma.
Declan Stokle, 29, took time off from his day job at Sunderland Royal Hospital to spend five weeks volunteering at a jungle clinic in east Burma training medics and treating patients.
Declan has spent years carrying out this vital work, but his latest trip in October was the first time he has visited since the outbreak of civil war in Burma in 2021. While volunteering with American charity, Free Burma Rangers, Declan said he was shocked to witness "the targeting of medical facilities and innocent civilians" and is calling on the UK Government to help.
