What does it take to give medical assistance in conflict stricken areas?

Guest: Mads Fredrik Gilbert (born June 2, 1947, Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian doctor, activist and politician from the far left revolutionary socialist party Red. He received his PhD at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and a leader of the emergency medicine department of University Hospital of North Norway, and has been adjunct professor (professor II) of emergency medicine at the University of Tromsø since 1995.Gilbert has a broad range of international experiences, especially in locations where medical and political issues merge. He has previously done volunteer work at kibbutzim in Israel, but later became actively involved with solidarity work concerning Palestinians. Since the 1970s, he has served as a doctor during numerous periods of turbulence in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.