:00:09. > :00:12.who've been caught up in the conflicts across the Middle East.
:00:12. > :00:15.They come from across the Middle East for the advanced
:00:15. > :00:20.reconstructive surgery being done here. Victims of violence who found
:00:20. > :00:28.nowhere else to get the treatment they need. Some have smuggled
:00:28. > :00:34.themselves into the country to get here. It is the last resort for
:00:34. > :00:39.them. Many will spend years in and out of the operating theatres. This
:00:39. > :00:44.is funded by the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres. All she wants is
:00:45. > :00:47.to be able to walk again. We have come to spend a week meeting
:00:47. > :00:54.doctors and patients at this extraordinary hospital and it is a
:00:54. > :01:04.TRANSLATION: I was sitting in the garden and a car bomb went off and
:01:04. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:34.Abdullah is recovering from surgery, the latest of more than 20
:01:34. > :01:37.operations. The 12-year-old lost his left leg and the left side of
:01:37. > :01:47.his face, w his face, wb went off at a funeral in Baghdad in 2006, killing
:01:47. > :01:54.several of his uncles. He has been coming here for treatment since the
:01:54. > :02:02.numberg number of patients. He is very
:02:02. > :02:12.quiet. He is polite. His surgery is very painful. I think that other
:02:12. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:23.people have complained more, he is very quiet. He is very polite.
:02:23. > :02:30.came to Jordan to meet the faces behind the statistics. Tucked away
:02:30. > :02:36.in a suburb, the forgotten victims of violence in the Middle East.
:02:36. > :02:46.Survivors of unimaginable horrors. Here, doctors are reconstructing
:02:46. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:01.their broken bodies. They are helping them rebuild their lives.
:03:01. > :03:11.All of the patients had something in common. They had been terrorised.
:03:11. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:25.This is by explosions, bullets, catastrophes. I admire my patients.
:03:25. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:32.They are great and they are strong. It makes you feel good. This doctor
:03:32. > :03:42.is a Syrian surgeon, this morning, he is preparing to work on a young
:03:42. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:50.Iraqi girl injured by a bomb. feel that I'm not giving enough. I
:03:50. > :03:58.should give more. They need more. They are suffering, they did not do
:03:58. > :04:06.anything bad to suffer. They're here asking us to help them. These
:04:06. > :04:08.people did not receive the care that they needed in their country.
:04:08. > :04:18.They did not receive the psychological support after their
:04:18. > :04:20.
:04:21. > :04:30.wounds and injuries. They are here because we're here. They could not
:04:31. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:41.because there was no-one else. They Waiting anxiously for her operation
:04:41. > :04:47.is this girl. An explosion outside her house last September killed her
:04:47. > :04:55.has She has not been able to walk, go to
:04:55. > :04:59.school, or go to the toilet alone. TRANSLATION: The doctors in Iraq
:04:59. > :05:09.told me that if this operation does not work out, I would have to have
:05:09. > :05:09.
:05:09. > :05:19.scared. Since I have arrived in Jordan, I have been nervous. I hope
:05:19. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:34.that God will help me have a fracture.
:05:34. > :05:36.
:05:37. > :05:46.fracture. You see how the skin is. This is a big surgery. It's very
:05:47. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:58.painful. This is the first stage. She will need three or four. We
:05:58. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:12.hope that she will walk after this. There are complications. By the
:06:12. > :06:15.
:06:15. > :06:22.already have extremely complicated medical problems. They face ruling
:06:22. > :06:25.in surgeries. This is unique care. There is a There is a ing list. Set
:06:25. > :06:31.up in 2006, this was meant to be a temporary programme to treat
:06:31. > :06:41.the escalating violence in Libya, Syria, and across the Middle East,
:06:41. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:44.the hospital expanded and increased its capacity by 45%. Over the past
:06:44. > :06:51.year, the Medecins Sans Frontieres project has taken in patients from
:06:51. > :06:59.Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and other countries. It is bursting at its
:06:59. > :07:03.seams and will have to expand again such is the demand. Amongst the
:07:03. > :07:09.Syrians desperate to keep in touch with news from home, there is a
:07:09. > :07:19.special camaraderie. Almost all are afraid to be identified because of
:07:19. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:27.concern for relatives left behind. Not this man. He managed to smuggle
:07:27. > :07:30.himself and his family out. A wood cutter from Deraa, he says that he
:07:30. > :07:40.was attacked when he was watching peaceful demonstrations on the
:07:40. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:47.street. He began to mobilise young protesters and witnessed and filmed
:07:47. > :07:57.as demonstrators were gunned down. Soon, he was rounded up,
:07:57. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:02.TRANSLATION: I was handcuffed and blindfolded. The interrogator told
:08:03. > :08:07.me he would me he wouldrian television in. I was told to say that I
:08:07. > :08:12.smuggled in weapons from abroad and cannot
:08:12. > :08:20.cannot do t cannot do tsaid, "I know how to make you do that". He then
:08:20. > :08:29.poured a bottle of boiling water over my leg. I had burning coals on
:08:29. > :08:32.my feet. That was not the end of it. They did worse than that. I'm
:08:32. > :08:37.embarrassed to tell you. They got a piece of rubber and tied it again
:08:37. > :08:44.and again around my penis, very tight! They made me drink a lot of
:08:44. > :08:47.water and I could not urinate for six hours. It damaged me.
:08:47. > :08:57.He knows he is lucky, only the walking wounded of Syria are make
:08:57. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:01.it to here. This doctor operated three times on a 27-year-old. In
:09:01. > :09:07.the end, reluctantly, he had to amputate th amputate thbus driver's
:09:07. > :09:17.leg. He says that he was shot by a sniper while helping wounded
:09:17. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:25.with less with pain for seven months before
:09:25. > :09:35.he could be smuggled here for this treatment. The doctor is preparing
:09:35. > :09:42.
:09:42. > :09:52.cannot sleep for two weeks because of the trauma. But any surgeon this
:09:52. > :09:52.
:09:53. > :09:57.is like a failure. Sometimes is just about saving the lives. They
:09:57. > :10:05.are rare moments of downtime for the doctors. They are under intense
:10:05. > :10:08.pressure and are learning all the surgery they perform here takes a
:10:08. > :10:13.personal toll. However extraordinary the work they do,
:10:13. > :10:18.they cannot perform miracles. The responsibility weighs heavily on
:10:18. > :10:24.them. One surgeon told me that he sometimes takes sleeping tablets at
:10:24. > :10:29.night to stop him worrying about the patients. It is emotionally
:10:30. > :10:39.difficult for all of the staff here. We cried because the patients are
:10:40. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:50.stronger than us. I'm going to cry you see what they have been
:10:50. > :10:59.suffering for years, you can suffer from a simple wound. You can see
:10:59. > :11:06.how great they are. That is why you need to cry. They are so strong. We
:11:06. > :11:10.are weak but they are strong. We are weak, they are strong. That's
:11:11. > :11:15.for sure. The Syrian bus driver is coming to
:11:15. > :11:18.terms with the new restrictions to his life. He has lost his leg, but
:11:18. > :11:26.is full of admiration for the doctors at this extraordinary
:11:26. > :11:33.TRANSLATION: I had six operations in Syria without anaesthetic. It
:11:33. > :11:38.here earlier, my leg could have been saved. Now, everything will be
:11:38. > :11:48.different for me. When I go back to Syria, I will have to get a new job.
:11:48. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:10.home away from home for the patients. Some will have to return
:12:10. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:20.year after year. Amid the pain, hope and expectation. But most of
:12:20. > :12:30.Abdullah Abdullah Dawoud has been coming
:12:30. > :12:34.here for six years. Drawing is an escape. He likes landscapes.
:12:34. > :12:40.Peaceful scenes. His doctors say when he first came he was so
:12:40. > :12:47.traumatised he didn't speak for an entire year. He is still quiet but
:12:47. > :12:56.we have been told the operations are making a difference.
:12:56. > :13:03.than before. His Uncle, Qais Dawoud, is with him. He's taking turns with
:13:04. > :13:13.Abdullah's father to look after him. TRANSLATION: There are sweet
:13:14. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:18.moments and moments of sadness here. When he comes out of an operation
:13:18. > :13:22.and it has succeeded, it is great. When he goes into his surgery, it
:13:22. > :13:32.is difficult. I stand outside just waiting for however many hours it
:13:32. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:37.takes, just waiting until the operation is over. One out of ten
:13:37. > :13:45.of the project's patients are children. In room 502, they've just
:13:45. > :13:54.opened a makeshift school. The teacher told us that children are
:13:54. > :13:57.so keen that they pile into class the moment she arrives at the hotel.
:13:57. > :14:06.Most of them now are Iraqis but they are readying themselves for an
:14:06. > :14:16.influx from Syria in the time ahead. What strikes you most about them is
:14:16. > :14:17.
:14:17. > :14:22.the absence of self-pity. TRANSLATION: I have been here for a
:14:22. > :14:32.year. This bit of my face used to be like the other side. I have had
:14:32. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:42.two operations so far. Is it difficult being away from home?
:14:42. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:48.It's good? In what way? You like the weather? And the calm and the
:14:49. > :14:57.fact that there are no explosions? Husain is waiting for a third skin
:14:57. > :15:07.graft. He showed me how he was burnt in a bomb. He says it hurts
:15:07. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:16.but only at night. The patients living behind these doors have very
:15:16. > :15:26.physical injuries that are visible but it is the mental pain of men
:15:26. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:37.who have been rejected from work because of disfigurement. The
:15:37. > :15:45.psychological wounds are extremely hard to treat. Imad's deepest
:15:45. > :15:50.wounds cannot be seen. On a day out with his family, his car was hit by
:15:50. > :15:53.a rocket, killing his wife and two- year-old son in front of him.
:15:53. > :16:00.Tomorrow, he will have complex surgery to transplant a bone from
:16:00. > :16:06.his leg to his arm. Staff are anxious about him. He has attempted
:16:06. > :16:11.suicide three times. TRANSLATION: Since it happened, I have known no
:16:11. > :16:17.peace. I am peace. I amant pain. I had four operations in Yemen and each
:16:17. > :16:26.one made things worse. Here, I love the doctors, they are like family.
:16:26. > :16:33.They give us anything we need. is Wednesday afternoon and they
:16:33. > :16:39.have opened up the hotel ballroom. Every few weeks, they put on a
:16:39. > :16:41.special party to try to lift morale. As well as being a refuge from
:16:41. > :16:44.dangers back home, this is a uniquely supportive environment
:16:44. > :16:54.where staff say patients gain confidence and emerged from the
:16:54. > :16:57.shells into which their injuries have forced them. But this is a
:16:57. > :17:06.time for Muntaha to keep a close eye. She is responsible for the
:17:06. > :17:10.psychological welfare of many of the patients. When you see your
:17:10. > :17:14.patients, do you worry more about the physical or mental injury?
:17:14. > :17:24.mental injury. I think the physical will be treated. But the mental is
:17:24. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:35.difficult. difficult. ould be strong to cope with it. It is
:17:35. > :17:45.not fair what has happened to them. They did not do anything. It is not
:17:45. > :17:51.their fault. The youngest patient here is a spirited three-year-old,
:17:51. > :17:55.Abd Al Malik, who is here with his father. He was hit by bullets twice
:17:55. > :18:01.in the belly and once in the leg. He lost a kidney. Doctors grew
:18:01. > :18:08.extra skin to rebuild his could
:18:08. > :18:14.could not get in Yemen. Abu Hussam is one of the oldest patients. He
:18:14. > :18:20.shoulder during a demonstration. He could not go to hospital because it
:18:20. > :18:25.was not safe. TRANSLATION: I rescued a man who was shot in the
:18:25. > :18:33.leg and he came back from the hospital dead. He had a bullet in
:18:33. > :18:36.his head. One doctor in our village tried to help and he was shot.
:18:36. > :18:41.Abdullah Dawoud has been here for longer than any other patients, in
:18:41. > :18:46.and out of surgery for half his life. Many more operations lie
:18:46. > :18:50.ahead. But the work that has been done so far means he can now face
:18:50. > :18:55.himself in the mirror. He still has no upper teeth but in one operation
:18:56. > :19:01.a muscle was moved from his back to rebuild his mouth. Complex surgery,
:19:01. > :19:11.rarely performed anywhere else in the world. TRANSLATION: There has
:19:11. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:20.been such a difference in him. And for us, he is beautiful. Beautiful.
:19:20. > :19:30.Anyway, it is the beauty of the spirit that counts. The way he
:19:30. > :19:34.
:19:34. > :19:37.looks is not a problem. It is the last day of a busy week at a
:19:37. > :19:44.hospital that is giving hope to many maimed by violence in the
:19:44. > :19:52.Middle East. The doctor has patients to check up on. Three days
:19:52. > :19:59.after the surgery, this patient is recovering slowly. Wasan's mother
:19:59. > :20:04.is concerned she has lost weight. That is her on the left, taken
:20:04. > :20:13.before the explosion. She is a young woman, now reduced to child-
:20:13. > :20:18.like dependency. But the first operation has gone to plan.
:20:18. > :20:22.The bus driver is busy rebuilding his strength. As soon as he gets
:20:22. > :20:29.his new leg and can walk on it, he says he is going straight back to
:20:29. > :20:35.Syria. Dr Majd is gathering his strength for a new influx of
:20:35. > :20:45.patients. The hardest part is to see the patient when he arrived to
:20:45. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:51.me. Especially children. When I see a child with a fracture of the
:20:51. > :21:01.limbs, a problem with the limbs, I say "You will walk from here.
:21:01. > :21:06.