Summer training in Moqdishu: How unsafe is it?

[Summaya]

Asalamu Alaikum all ,
 Im a 4th yr medical student in UAE , and i wanted to spend a month in xamar for experience and also that's where I plan to go once am done with my studies so i wanted to get acquainted and see what field i might want to specialise in inshAllah. But my question is to those med students/doctors currently in the city, I dont have any family or close family friends in the city, how safe is it for a female to come? I understand its not really safe but i mean how bad is it in hospitals and surrounding areas. I would realllly appreciate an answer asap jzk.

[Abdulrazzak]

Good idea to spend in somalia  for training and helping u ppl .. those Q u may find diffulty to find becuz Moqadisho hospital are quite busy ... for safe n life in moqadisho is coplicated like you..
as u new to areas .
thankz for that intresting we hope  one day we will build home accordingly

[Yaxya]

i'm doing summer training right now in Mogadishu and the fact is some areas in mogadishu are safe and some of them are not ..so it depends but for u it's better to stay with a family and in an area near to ur hospital

[Summaya]

Thank you brothers , but akh yaxya any idea which hospitals are in a safer area and are more of a teaching hospitals? I need to convince my parents so could you plss let me know the areas and hospitals? I really appreciate it . Jzk

[Amran]

I think its really nice you want to go there and help people,  I want to do the same InshaAllah. Only thing you have to realise is , besides safety and parental permission, you dont know much as a student or intern and that I can imagine there not being any residecy/speciality programme's in place there. So you have to think about your career and what you want to reach InshaAllah.

I would still Imagine it to be brilliant experience with lots of hand on work you wouldnt get in the UAE ( I done an attachment in Dubai).

Pray Isitikhaarah and don't leave without a mahram!

Hope you are able to organise it and wish you well.

salaamu alaykum
 

[Summaya]

You make alotta sense amran thnx sis. I agree with you , UAE clinicals are pretty much close to none, which is why im looking elsewhere. But your right somalia needs more of a capable doctore than a student. Ive prayed istikhara about it so final decisison is when my exams get over:) JazakumuAllah all of you , you were alot of help .
Wasalam

[Dr.Adnan]

Salams

Sis Have u thought of peaceful places like Somaliland or Puntland  where u don't have to worry about safety and at the same time enjoy the  good old Somali environment ...........

[Yaxya]

sis sumaya to be honest with you there's no single place  in xamar is safe 100% but i can say you most of the big hospitals are some how in safe areas 4 example i work as pediatrician in Benadir hospital  and everything there is cool and safe .. Madina hospital (general surgery+ obs/gyn) is not that much far from our hospital..both of them they have high case rate..one last thing in order 2 work u need to be fluent in somali language

[Summaya]

@ Dr. Adnan , yes i did think of hargeisa as i have some family members there , but I just wanted the emergency medicine of mogadishu since there's high casualty rate.

@Yaxye, thank you and I heard of these hospitals , oh and my somali is fluent just not the medical terms But yea inshAllah i'll contact you if i have more questions if thats alrite with you inshAllah. If it doesnt work out this year then inshAllah , in the next couple of yrs.

Wasalam