For three years, Dr Jamal Eltaeb faced an unimaginable dilemma: who among the wounded would live, and who might die? Should he operate without essential medicines if it offered a glimmer of hope? How would he even secure the fuel to keep the hospital ’s lights on? As Sudan ’s brutal conflict raged around him, only one decision remained clear: he would keep working. The orthopaedic surgeon was at the helm of Al Nao hospital in Omdurman, on the outskirts of the capital, Khartoum , as control of the urban area swung between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces. With the front line drawing ever closer and the hospital overflowing with casualties, many of his colleagues lost their resolve and fled. Dr Eltaeb, soft-spoken yet resolute, was one of the rare surgeons who remained. He stayed even as the hospital endured multiple bombings and as most medical supplies dwindled to nothing.…