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 Fate of Children Triggers Student Action
When Jeff Chamberlain, professor of history at the University of St. Francis, assigned the memoirs of a physician during the wars in Chechnya as required reading for his Modern European History class, he had no idea how much it would inspire his students. See story


 Chechen Surgeon in Trouble for Helping
Both Sides
By Michael R. Gordon, Published: May 2, 2000,
New York Times

When Dr. Hasan Baiyev was summoned to his hospital in the Chechen town of Alkhan-Kala on Feb. 1, he quickly learned that it was not for an ordinary case. See story


Caught in a Chechen Crossfire
Doctor Who Helped Russians and Rebels Now Hunted by Both
The Washington Post  -  Washington, D.C.
By Daniel Williams
Copyright The Washington Post Company Feb 14, 2000

After standing over the operating table for nearly two days and performing 60 amputations, many by flashlight, surgeon Hasan Baiyev's powerful hands were so blistered he could barely hold a scalpel. See story


Doctor Without Borders
Because he treated the wounded on both sides of the Chechen War, Dr. Khassan Baiev is now an exile, far from his family and homeleand.
By Ruth Daniloff , December 10, 2000 
Boston Globe Magazine

Khassan Baiev hates to be alone. That's when the memories start. The Chechen surgeon was living by himself in a room in Washington, D.C., when he first arrived in the United States in April. "I thought I was going crazy," he says. "I kept hearing the cries of the wounded and the dying back in Chechnya." See story