Dr Myo Khant Ko Ko performs life-saving brain surgery on the commander of Karenni Nationalities Defence Force Battalion 5 in a Kayah State field hospital in December last year. (Supplied)

The CDM doctor performing brain surgery amid the bullets

A surgeon who quit his job at a government hospital in protest of the coup is now risking his own life to provide lifesaving care on the front lines of the conflict in Kayah State

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