White coat and instruments
- ID-nummer
- 2023.001.000
- Titel
- White coat and instruments
- Objektkategori
- Kläder & assessorer
- Publik beskrivning
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To Denis Mukwege, a white coat and five instruments for medical examinations represent his work to help women who are victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
School children often ask Denis Mukwege what it takes to get the Nobel Peace Prize. He usually gives a concrete example by telling them about his work as a doctor. With the same end in mind, he gave these gifts to the Nobel Prize Museum:
a white coat
a blood pressure machine
a stethoscope used for listening to the heart and lungs and other organs
a trumpet-shaped wood stethoscope for listening to the heartbeat of a foetus
a depressor and a speculum, two instruments used for gynaecological examinations
With these instruments, and empathy and passion, Mukwege has helped women who were victims of sexual violence. He works at the Panzi Hospital in his hometown Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Internationally, he is deeply committed to the fight against the use of sexual violence in wars and other conflicts.
Denis Mukwege donated the white coat and the instruments to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2023. - Pristagare
- Denis Mukwege
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