Wellbeing according to Ajahn Chah (1918-1992)
16th October was World Anaesthesia Day focusing on occupational wellbeing
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GASOC
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Musings of an Intensive Care Doctor during COVID-19
The morning handover starts with team introductions followed by an outline of each of the patients on the ward – where they are in their...
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GASOC
- Jun 6, 2020
- 3 min
A 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...
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GASOC
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Innovation in the global battle against COVID-19: Part 2
LMICs are both where innovation is needed most and equally where the frugal, elegant, and rapidly mobilised technologies
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GASOC
- May 11, 2020
- 4 min
Innovation in the global battle against COVID-19: Part 1
If necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps there has never been a more urgent need for innovation to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
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GASOC
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Missing Out On Your Medical Elective: How Medical Students Can Make Up For It During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges for medical education, one of the most prominent being the widespread cancellation of...
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GASOC
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
Wuhan Coronavirus takes over Chinese New Year - A Perspective from Hong Kong
25th 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...
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GASOC
- Sep 27, 2019
- 2 min
Open Letter from Your Friends in Rwanda for World Anaesthetic Day, 16 October 2019
Dear 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...
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GASOC
- Sep 8, 2019
- 7 min
Many Hands Make Light Seen
The QUESTION A staggering 1.3 billion people live with a visual impairment worldwide; 36 million of these are completely blind[1]. Visual...
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GASOC
- Jun 20, 2019
- 4 min
Health of the Planet, Health of the Public
Karen Chui Climate change is at the forefront of political discussions around the world. The social movement Extinction Rebellion brought...
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GASOC
- Jun 14, 2019
- 4 min
The 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...
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GASOC
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
How 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...
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aliceecampion
- May 6, 2019
- 3 min
Is 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...
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GASOC
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Air Pollution Effects on Ear Nose and Throat Disease: From Liverpool to a Global Surgical Problem
The Air Pollution Problem In the last 15years UK diesel car use has risen from 12 to 40%. Light lorries and vans are 96% diesel....
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GASOC
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
How the refugee crisis is shaping the evolution of global surgery
As of the end of 2017, 68.5 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes largely as a result of conflict or...
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GASOC
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
International Response to Cyclone Idai
Karen Chui On 14th March 2019 tropical Cyclone Idai swept through Southern Africa, destroying towns and villages in its path and...
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GASOC
- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min
What 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,...
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GASOC
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
The 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...
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GASOC
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
What 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...
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GASOC
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
A New Beginning
As a more globally focused medical culture begins to take hold of the UK medical workforce, more and more trainees are looking for an...
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