but they can contact doctor waheed arian. an afg ha n contact doctor waheed arian.n give them detailed medical advice using social media. from his home in chester, he ta kes media. from his home in chester, he takes messages day and night. he calls it telemedicine. they don't have the latest technologies, they don't have the cutting edge expertise, they don't have advanced evidence —based medicine so they need any expertise or advice and thatis need any expertise or advice and that is more world—class here, that's very useful for them. so i will take the arrow and replace it. now waheed arian and his team are developing new ways of showing doctors there what to do. it went very well. we discussed the medical case, we solved the problem. it was a case in one of the hospitals in kabul, afghanistan, and using augmented reality we discussed it and we managed the problem. as a boy in the 1980s, waheed arian had to escape from the russians who had invaded his country. he and his family were lucky to survive. when civil war that up —— flared up in afghanistan, his parents

in his kitchen in chester, dr waheed arian is taking yet another call from afghanistan. hospital in kabul has a problem and needs expert help. most hospitals there have his number on speed dial. over the past two years, he has established a network of around 100 volunteer doctors and consultants in the west who give free advice to hospitals in war zones. it is all done by text, whatsapp, skype, and e—mail. this is tele—medicine at its simplest and most effective. they don't have the up—to—date technologies, the cutting—edge expertise. they don't have advanced, evidence—based medicine. they need any expertise and advice that's more world class here. it's very useful for them. just to make sure the child is well, the child is stable. they send us the cases immediately on the phone and our specialists look at those cases and give them advice. hi, who do we have here? for the last three years, the doctor has been based at a hospital in liverpool, but his life is still dominated by afghanistan. born in kabul 3a years ago, he grew up knowing only war. the soviet afghan conflic

in his kitchen, in chester, dr waheed arian is taking yet another call from afghanistan.l in kabul has a problem and needs expert help. those hot —— hospitals are happy is not on speed dial. over the past two years he has established a network of around 100 volunteer doctors and consultants in the west to give free advice to hospitals in war zones. to give free advice to hospitals in war zones. it is all done by text, whatsapp, skype and e—mail. this is telemedicine at its simplest and most effective. they don't have the up—to—date technologies, they don't have the cutting edge expertise, they don't have advanced evidence —based medicine. so they need any expertise or any advice that's more world class here, that's very useful for them. just to make sure the child as well. the child is stable. they send us the cases immediately on the phone and our specialist then look at those cases and then give them advice. what do we have here? what images? for the last three yea rs what images? for the last three years dr arian has been based at a hospital in liverpool but his life i

now on bbc newsjohn simpson tells the remarkable story of waheed arian, the doctor from chester whose

now on bbc news, the story of dr waheed arian whose