The article recounts the harrowing experiences of five young doctors in Myanmar who defy the military junta's oppression to provide medical assistance amid a deadly military crackdown and a recent earthquake. In particular, Dr. Min, one of the doctors, returns to his devastated home city of Mandalay to help both his family and a group of medical volunteers following a catastrophic earthquake that resulted in numerous casualties, including friends he had previously fought alongside against the regime. The junta has targeted healthcare facilities and practitioners, exacerbating the country’s medical crisis.
The junta has closed at least seven private hospitals in Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, that were seen as sympathetic to the resistance.
Residents were clawing through the debris with bare hands, spurred by the cries and then the whispers of the trapped.
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