Dr. Najla Al-Sonboli is the head of the Pediatric Department of Al-Sabeen Hospital for Maternity and Children. This hospital is the biggest tertiary referral pediatric hospital in Yemen. It receives patients from Sana’a, the largest city in Yemen, and all the surrounding governorates, which includes nearly 4 million people, half of whom are displaced due to war. In the face of war and grave personal risk, Najla has shown incredible resilience, working tirelessly to provide essential medical care to save babies and children’s lives, organising staff to provide voluntary services with minimal resources and being responsive to new challenges.
“Each day when you leave home you don’t know if you will be back home or not. But when I see how sick people come to the hospital, despite all the security challenges, this make me strong enough to go to the hospital to help them and stand by them.”
