GASOCOct 18, 20202 minWellbeing according to Ajahn Chah (1918-1992)16th October was World Anaesthesia Day focusing on occupational wellbeing
GASOCJun 11, 20202 minMusings of an Intensive Care Doctor during COVID-19The morning handover starts with team introductions followed by an outline of each of the patients on the ward – where they are in their...
GASOCJun 6, 20203 minA Resident’s Perspective on COVID-19 in Ethiopia 6 weeks have passed since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in my country, Ethiopia. It was the fear of coming to reality. Despite...
GASOCMay 14, 20204 minInnovation in the global battle against COVID-19: Part 2LMICs are both where innovation is needed most and equally where the frugal, elegant, and rapidly mobilised technologies
GASOCMay 11, 20204 minInnovation in the global battle against COVID-19: Part 1If necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps there has never been a more urgent need for innovation to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
GASOCApr 21, 20203 minMissing Out On Your Medical Elective: How Medical Students Can Make Up For It During the PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges for medical education, one of the most prominent being the widespread cancellation of...
GASOCJan 27, 20203 minWuhan Coronavirus takes over Chinese New Year - A Perspective from Hong Kong25th January 2020 I woke up in Hong Kong on the first day of Chinese New Year to an eerie feeling - the usual cheer of welcoming the New...
GASOCSep 27, 20192 minOpen Letter from Your Friends in Rwanda for World Anaesthetic Day, 16 October 2019Dear friend, I am an anaesthetist in a low resource country. I am so glad you want to come to my country and support me, and my...
GASOCSep 8, 20197 minMany Hands Make Light SeenThe QUESTION A staggering 1.3 billion people live with a visual impairment worldwide; 36 million of these are completely blind[1]. Visual...
GASOCJun 20, 20194 minHealth of the Planet, Health of the PublicKaren Chui Climate change is at the forefront of political discussions around the world. The social movement Extinction Rebellion brought...
GASOCJun 14, 20194 minThe injustice of injury Car vs car. Head-on collision. Head on windscreen collision. Headed to my local doctor. He watched and waited. Hours. Then sent me to...
GASOCMay 15, 20193 minHow is conflict affecting maternal and child health?Whilst conflict is a major barrier to general health provision in low and middle income countries (LMICs) its effect on maternal and...
aliceecampionMay 6, 20193 minIs the world of Global Surgery too exclusive? One of the five key messages delivered by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is that to reach a minimum operative volume of 5000...
GASOCApr 17, 20192 minAir Pollution Effects on Ear Nose and Throat Disease: From Liverpool to a Global Surgical ProblemThe Air Pollution Problem In the last 15years UK diesel car use has risen from 12 to 40%. Light lorries and vans are 96% diesel....
GASOCApr 8, 20193 minHow the refugee crisis is shaping the evolution of global surgeryAs of the end of 2017, 68.5 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes largely as a result of conflict or...
GASOCApr 1, 20193 minInternational Response to Cyclone IdaiKaren Chui On 14th March 2019 tropical Cyclone Idai swept through Southern Africa, destroying towns and villages in its path and...
GASOCMar 24, 20191 minPapers from Africa: from the newborn to the elderlyA selection of recently published papers detailing some of the issues facing people at different ages of the life cycle across the...
GASOCMar 24, 20193 minWhat happens when disaster meets the disadvantaged?If you’ve been awake the past couple of weeks, you won’t have been able to escape the news of Tropical Cyclone Idai. On 14th March 2019,...
GASOCMar 11, 20192 minThe End of the “Brain Drain”, the start of “brain circulation?”There is no denying the healthcare work force inequity across the world. Ten years ago, the World Health Organisation described health...
GASOCMar 9, 20192 minWhat should global surgery be and who should decide?The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery tried to raise awareness about access to surgery and provision of surgery around the world. The...