GINO STRADA

An Italian surgeon who has saved many

lives
 Gino Strada was born in 1948 and
graduated as a specialist surgeon from
the University of Milan. After working
in hospitals in Italy, South Africa and
the US, Strada left a lucrative career in
medicine to serve as a war surgeon
with the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1989 to
1994 in eight countries, including
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Pakistan and
Somalia. In 1994, he and his wife
Teresa founded the NGO
EMERGENCY to provide high quality,
free-of-charge medical and surgical
assistance to the victims of war,
landmines, and poverty.
Gino Strada is an Italian surgeon
and humanitarian who has spent
the last two decades treating
civilians and soldiers around the
world, many in some of the most
war-torn and remote places.
Trained as a lung and heart
surgeon, he travels to these
locations to perform surgeries in
addition to setting up hospitals in
a wide range of countries that
include Sudan, Afghanistan and
Iraq.

Strada has personally

performed over
30,000 life-saving
surgeries to people
who would not
otherwise have
access to medical
care.

GINO STRADA
‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon
Gino Strada dies at 73
 Tributes have been
paid to Gino Strada,
the Italian surgeon and
“maestro of humanity”
known for setting up
world-class hospitals
for the victims of war,
who has died aged 73.