Boston-area hospitals are competing to raise money for Lifebox. There’s already been a fundraising breakfast held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, but the big event of the season will be the Sunday, June 3rd Lifebox Golf Cup at Stow Acres Country Club. Stay tuned for more information, or click here to see the latest […]
We’ll have a stand and will be spreading the word about our Lifebox pulse oximeter and education programme. Information in French can be downloaded here, and we hope that Francophone delegates will enjoy our latest ‘how to’ oximeter video. Lifebox has a long history of working in Africa – from our collaborations with colleagues in […]
Last month we… Honored the importance of global surgery stories as we witnessed the Checklist Effect receive its fourth award at the Global Cinema Film Festival in Boston Celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing perspectives of our inspiring female safer surgery and anaesthesia champions around the world #IWDSurgery #BeBoldForChange Partnered with the AAGBI, the WFSA […]
“We wanted to bring information and knowledge to the world-wide readership of A&A about anesthesia issues in LMICs,” explained Dr Enright. “Many people would have no idea about the challenges nor about what is being done to address them. We felt it important to include the voices of surgery and obstetrics as well as anesthesia. […]
An action letter to sign to call for the inclusion of Capnography as Essential Anesthesia Monitoring Equipment
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 the first time in history, you’re more likely to be killed by a surgically-treatable condition than a communicable disease.” The struggle to activate a response to this […]
When you were growing up what did you want to be? When I was growing up I wanted to be doctor. Just like any child, I wanted to be doctor but didn’t know the reason, as time went by, my reasons got clearer and clearer. What motivated you to become an anaesthesiologist? I never planned […]
NGOs work best when they work together – and we’ve been working with Smile Train for as long as we can remember. From our earliest days to our fifth birthday, we’ve teamed up to put the safety of the surgical patient – and the support of colleague clinicians – first. We were lucky enough to catch up […]
It’s Friday 10th of February and for the first time this year I didn’t wake up in Bristol to a cold, dark world of dustbin men and frozen windscreens. Instead I woke up to the sound of the mosque at 5am, to dogs barking outside my window, and to unfamiliar birdsong. If thousands of miles […]
What has it been like, shifting from student to junior doctor? I remember the first time I did a Caesarean section by myself. I walked in and paused at the door – because obviously I’d assisted, but I had now assisted enough to be on my own. I was 48 hours on call, and I […]
