BAPRAS surgeon helps treat victims of Romanian nightclub fire

20th November 2015

 

Following a devastating fire in a Bucharest nightclub, Dr Sarah Pape, BAPRAS member and Lead Consultant for Burns at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, flew out to help the Romanian medical teams dealing with the disaster.

The fire, which broke out last month, left at least fifty dead and 180 injured. Following a formal offer of assistance from the UK government, Dr Pape assessed around 50 patients in hospitals all over Bucharest and consulted with specialists from the UK's burns networks and representatives from government, culminating in the transfer of nine patients to the UK for treatment.

Dr Pape said the response to the disaster involved "the most incredible international co-operation between clinicians and government departments. It has been a humbling experience for me and it has been a privilege to have been able to help.” 

Patients are now being treated by burns specialists in Newcastle, Chelmsford, Swansea, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham

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