Abstract

Jenny Lewis/Doctors of the World For a decade the humanitarian charity Doctors of the World has been running a clinic in east London to help vulnerable people who are otherwise unable to access healthcare. The patients include refugees and undocumented migrants, some of whom have been trafficked or tortured. For an exhibition to mark the occasion several photographers have contributed portraits of the clinic’s users and volunteer staff. The Sri Lankan man pictured escaped to London after being tortured and forced to leave his country. No general practice would register him despite his needing urgent medical help. “I have a lot of pain on the body and I am not sleeping well, I have …

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