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As Lifebox chairman, surgeon, author and casual time traveler Atul Gawande (bodily in Boston and telegenically in London) explained by video, “the global health landscape is changing. For…
Once Upon a Landline: putting the global in global health
Back in the late 1990s, an Ethiopian doctor was working with a Norwegian institution to fund a plastic surgery unit at his hospital. When he wanted to speak to them by phone, he’d stay at his…
Great and glad tidings!
Lifebox isn’t a faith-based organization, but you don’t need to tell us twice about the true meaning of Christmas. Hope and renewal, sacrifice and generosity – looking back at the most popular stories we’ve shared on our blog…
Approaching thankfulness
There’s a lot that we aren’t thankful for this year. High risk of anaesthesia mortality; low chance of getting a C-section when you need one. Warehouses full of inappropriate medical equipment,…
Are you sitting comfortably?
“Suddenly, to no one’s surprise, a large black object, namely Remy’s suitcase, flew off the roof, down the windshield and landed in front of us.” Well see, I was on the roof. And then I wasn’t. Between…
Walk/Run for Safer Surgery
“I don’t care how you get here,” croons Brenda Russell, “just get here if you can.” The same could be sung for the AANA’s Eight Annual Wellness Fun 5K Walk/Run. Everyone welcome! The…
I left my heart…
…in San Francisco, where the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) held their annual conference this year. “How beautiful!” everyone back home told you.
The icing on the cake…
…is blue and red to map the anatomically-correct arteries of the heart, sculpted from madeira cake by a cardiac anaesthetist. …is yellow and artfully piped above a simple Victoria Sandwich loaf in the…
A full-on Monet
It’s easy to classify countries at distance. Hot/cold. High/low-income. From far away, it’s OK, but up close – as the Clueless truism goes – it’s a big old mess. (c) worldmapper.org Particularly when it comes to income. …
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