Jurgen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...

Jurgen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...

Jurgen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled up in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jurgen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Anastasia Puyko,a Nenets woman, who works as a nurse at the hospital in Yar-Sale. Her daughter, Elvira (behind) is studying banking. Yar-Sale, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia. 2018.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Olesya Serotetto, a Nenets woman from a reindeer herding family, who works as a nurse in the hospital in Yar-Sale, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia. 2017.

Jurgen Freund / Eastern tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni), portrait. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia. Captive.

Jurgen Freund / Diadem leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros diadema) with wing injury feeding from syringe, held by carer. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia. 2014. Captive.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Girl rests while being treated for malaria in the small rural hospital in Moukoulou, southern Chad. Her family watches over her. Malaria disease is very common in this part of the country in the rainy...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 months undergoing health check by veterinary nurse. Temporarily captive, until old enough to be released. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensl...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 months, anaesthetised whilst undergoing health check by veterinary nurse. Temporarily captive, until old enough to be released. Currumbin Wildlife Hospita...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 month under anaesthetic, on scales during health check. Temporarily captive, until old enough to be released. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Que...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture on way to recovery room following x-ray, carried by veterinary nurse. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. Currumbin Wildlife...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture under anaesthetic, veterinary nurse preparing to undertake x-ray. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. Currumbin Wildlife Hosp...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) under anaesthetic, veterinary nurse checking progress following wing fracture. Veterinarian in background. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. C...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinary nurse administrating anaesthetic to Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) to monitor progress following wing fracture. Veterinarians in background. Temporarily captive, to be released once full...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian and veterinary nurse administrating anaesthetic to Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) to monitor progress following wing fracture, likely caused by road traffic accident. Temporarily capti...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) recovering from anaesthetic and thumb amputation, held by veterinary nurse. Bat was caught in roof guttering. Temporarily captive, to be released once r...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) recovering from anaesthetic and thumb amputation, held by veterinary nurse. Bat was caught in roof guttering. Temporarily captive, to be released once r...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 months undergoing health check, veterinary nurse adminstering oxygen following anaesthetic. Joey's mother died from a terminal chlamydia infection. Te...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 months undergoing health check, veterinary nurse adminstering oxygen following anaesthetic. Joey's mother died from a terminal chlamydia infection. Te...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) recovering on scales following surgery to amputate toe. Temporarily captive, to be released once recovered. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Que...

Doug Gimesy / Kookaburra (Dacelo sp) in cage during recovery. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Editorial use only.

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) male under anaesthetic. Veterinary nurse and veterinarian replacing IV catheter and checking health following previous surgery for peritonitis. Temporarily captive prior...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) male under anaesthetic. Veterinary nurse and veterinarian replacing IV catheter and checking health following previous surgery for peritonitis. Temporarily captive prior...

Doug Gimesy / Black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) pup in wrap prior to health check. Rescued with mother who was trapped in a fence. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Edi...

Doug Gimesy / Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) recovering from surgery to remove fishing hook in stomach, held by veterinary nurse. Captive, to be released on recovery. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold...

Doug Gimesy / Boobok owl (Ninox boobook) chick held by veterinary nurse while blood is taken for analysis. Chick treated for head trauma, likely caused by bird attack. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queen...

Doug Gimesy / Feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) given glucose, found under stairs by member of public. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Editorial use only.

Doug Gimesy / Feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) female fed nectar in hand, found with burns on feet likely caused by bushfires. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019...

Doug Gimesy / Boobok owl (Ninox boobook) chick held by veterinary nurse. Chick treated for head trauma, likely caused by bird attack. Temporarily captive, to be released following recovery. Currumbin Wildlife Hospi...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture under anaesthetic for health check. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Editorial use only.

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian examining anaesthetised Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax). Previously treated by private veterinarian for wing fracture, likely caused by road traffic accident. Currumbin Wildlife Hospita...

Doug Gimesy / Australian black swan (Cygnus atratus) intubated and anaesthetised for health check following suspected dog attack.? Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Edit...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) undergoing operation to amputate thumb due to getting caught in roof guttering. Close-up of veterinarian applying glue to stop bleeding. Currumbin Wildl...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) undergoing operation to amputate thumb due to entrapment in roof guttering. Close-up of wing and veterinarian's hands. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital,...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female aged 12 months anaesthetised for health check, held by veterinary nurse. Temporarily captive, until old enough to be released. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold C...

David Pattyn / ICU team working together with an anesthesiologist from the Radboud University Nijmegen to transfer the patient to another hospital in the north of the Netherlands Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch,...

David Pattyn / The head of the ICU unit at work with a ICU nurse during the busy days of the Covid-19 pandemic Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands March 2020. EDITORIAL USE ON...

David Pattyn / Anesthesiologist during the instruction of the group of anesthesiologists about the intubation room. this room was created especially to accomodate patients with respiratory insufficiency during the c...

David Pattyn / Anesthesia nurse instructing anesthesiologists on the use of the intubating room. This room was created especially to intubate Covid-19 infected patients Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, 's He...