In the second episode of ‘More than a Hospital’, find out how consultant cardiac surgeon Jullien Gaer became involved with developing the cardiac surgical unit at a hospital based in Kabul, during the height of the Afghan war in 2005.

Working with the French humanitarian association, La Chaîne de l’Espoir (The Chain of Hope), Jullien continues to this day to help train cardiologists in Afghanistan to support the needs of cardiac patients in the country as well as building crucial educational links between the hospital and Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals.

Jullien who has worked across several different healthcare systems around the world, also details in this episode the moment when he invited a collection of artists including Grayson Perry, to watch him perform open-heart surgery, to help raise vital funds for the hospitals.

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