Inside busy KDF medical facility where gun, scalpel go hand in hand

Dr Solomon Muriithi Wahome (left), the KDF’s consultant neurosurgeon with Daudi Abdi, an injured Somali soldier at the Dhobley KDF Headquarters medical facility in western Somalia. (Courtesy)

As the gloved fingers gingerly slide in the weapon into the barrel, the eyes squint at the imaginary dots that could mark out the slippery enemy lurking out there in the thickets. 

Suddenly the night lights up. Two artificial stars hover high above the guns and the gunners, as if taunting the insurgents, wait for a chance to strike.