The Rebel Surgeon

After serving for 30 years in a Swedish hospital Dr. Erichsen was fed up with all of the bureaucracy and administration. He decided to move some place where he could make a difference and do what he loved the most, work as a surgeon. In Ethiopia, where there are only three doctors for every 100,000 inhabitants, Dr. Erichsen and his wife Sennait worked at a small field hospital in Aira. Resources were extremely limited so he was forced to operate using what was at hand, such as a cheap power drill from the local supermarket, hose clamps, bikes, spokes and fishing line instead of suture thread.
XXXII Pärnu Film Festival, Estonian People's Award

Introduction by Mark Soosaar, Vaiko Edur