Photo: International Medical Corps When a doctor in Darfur came down with appendicitis, he relied on the that International Medical Corps trained to remove his appendix safely. His surgery was a success. Um Dukhun is a border town in Western Darfur, adjacent to Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR). Of the estimated population of 126,000 residing in and around Um Dukhun, more than 95,000 are internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. These displaced populations, as well as nearly 31,500 local community members, now have access to medical care through a new health facility built by International Medical Corps (IMC). “Before the Um Dukhun health facility was built, the nearest referral hospital was a five-hour drive away – that is if travel w...