© 2014 The University of UtahSave the Date!University of UtahCenter for Global Surgery Extreme Affordability Conference: Collaborations for Surgical CareLocation: Rice Eccles Stadium,Salt Lake City,UtahWhen: April 10th & 11th, 2015Registration and Call for Abstracts will be open soon.@UUCGS (and others) will be tweeting with #ExAff(If you missed the talks from the 2013 conference, here they … Continue reading Extreme Affordability Conference 2015
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Tweets from "Updates in Anesthesia" course.
We had a very successful "Annual Updates in Anesthesia" course (our 9th) in Kumasi, Ghana. The organizers (as always) did a superb job, and the 250+ attendees were engaged, enthusiastic and stimulating.Below are some tweet highlights from the course:Prof. Yaw Adu Sarkodie - "Pain is the most common reason for attendance at our hospitals" #ChronicPain— IAEF … Continue reading Tweets from "Updates in Anesthesia" course.
9th Annual Refresher Course Program
Below is the final program for our 9th Annual Refresher Course.We're all looking forward to an informative and engaging couple of days.Hope to see you all there. 12th Annual Update in Anæsthesia 3rd & 4th May 2012True Vine Hotel, Ahodwo, Kumasi. Day 1: Thursday, 3rd May, 2012 Anæsthesia and antithrombotics - Dr. William Addison Pulse oximeter monitoring - … Continue reading 9th Annual Refresher Course Program
Extreme Affordability Conference
Well, the first annual Center for Global Surgery conference is over.As always after such events, I am left with a sense of enthusiasm, optimism and community. There are so many people from different fields and countries collaborating and using innovative approaches to the myriad problems facing the low resource world.(And they're fun to hang out with … Continue reading Extreme Affordability Conference
Incomplete, biased and correct.
I was very sad to read an item on GhanaWeb about multiple deaths at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The article states that these deaths are due to faulty equipment and, consequently, doctors are refusing to carry out surgeries "for fear that the patients’ ailments might worsen at their hands".I know many of the fine physicians … Continue reading Incomplete, biased and correct.
Incomplete and biased.
Jury-rigged anesthesia machineRecently one of my colleagues returned from a large teaching institution in the medically under-served world – let’s say West Africa. We visit this institution frequently and have done so for many years. What he found on this trip was disheartening, and he noted problems in a report for the hospital administration. None of these … Continue reading Incomplete and biased.
Ghost of a machine.
An editorial in The Ghanaian Chronicle caught my interest. Dr. Beeko, a local physician, discusses the balance between human expertise and medical technology. He makes a persuasive case for both, but his central points are:Technology can dramatically improve health care.Ghana has little medical equipment and should strive for more.The little they do have is falling … Continue reading Ghost of a machine.
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