The Bermuda National Library will be screening a film about a brave female surgeon who died while treating people in a remote part of war-torn Afghanistan.‘The Life and Loss of Karen Woo’ will screen tomorrow, the third anniversary of her murder in August 2010.“I met Karen several times and she was a truly incredible surgeon, and former ballet dancer,” said her friend Alexa Verdi who works as a junior legal counsel in Bermuda. “I was introduced to her by a friend in London in 2008. She was inspiring, courageous, and energetic. This documentary is beautifully shot, telling the story of the ordinary people struggling in Afghanistan and also the love story between Karen and her fiancé, whom she met in Kabul.”Dr Woo was raised in England but first went to Afghanistan to visit a boyfriend who was stationed there. She broke up with the boyfriend but fell in love with the country and its people.She returned home, packed up her life and job at a high paying health clinic and moved to Kabul, Afghanistan. She found work in an expatriate clinic, and also fell in love again and was engaged to be married. People who knew her were amazed by her energy. She worked to provide treatment to women in Afghanistan prisons, and also to bring in much needed medical supplies from England to Afghanistan.While working she started writing a blog about life in Kabul.“One minute you’re elbow deep in a bowel-repair operation,” read one entry, “the next you’re in the back of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) military vehicle having your phone jammed ... the next in a random office talking about designing uniforms for the Afghan Police force, then Caesar salad and espresso in the gardens of a five-star hotel before finding back home that your loo doesn’t flush, and it’s back to reality ... It’s probably the absolute randomness of this place that I love so much — from the sublime to the ridiculous is a daily occurrence.”She and several other people were shot to death during an ambush while they were on a medical mission in a remote part of Afghanistan.Her grieving family decided to continue with the film she had been making, and to include Miss Woo’s own life story. They set up the Karen Woo Foundation, a grant-giving charity, focusing on supporting projects in Afghanistan which provide healthcare to communities which have little or no access to even basic medical provision, particularly women and children.“The relevance of the documentary to Bermuda is that it will give people a deeper understanding of the ordinary people struggling in Afghanistan,” said Ms Verdi. “It is also a very inspiring story of a young woman who used her amazing skills and drive to improve the lives of others.”For information and a film clip see www.karenwoofoundation.orgThe film will be shown twice at the Bermuda National Library on Queen Street tomorrow at 11am and 2pm.