All is not well in paradise - 8 Jul 2010
Zanzibar's white sandy beaches and coral reef make it look like a tropical paradise, but the one million people who live on the island have limited access to health care.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS - 7 Jul 2010
Forthcoming courses in anaesthesia in developing countries in London and Uganda.
Learning how to handle a crisis - 7 Jul 2010
It was another successful sell-out year for the Global Outreach: Anaesthesia in Challenging Environments course (31 May - 1 June) which is held each year at Dalhousie University, Canada.
Safer births in Sierra Leone - 7 Jul 2010
In May, Diamedica was delighted to arrange the shipment of a Glostavent ® Anaesthesia System to the Aberdeen Women's Centre in Sierra Leone, courtesy of the Gloag Foundation.
Improvements at Bansang Hospital, the Gambia - 7 Jul 2010
Rotary runs countless humanitarian projects both locally, nationally and internationally, and also partners with many charities worldwide. For example, the Rotary Club of Jersey and many others helped to provide a much needed second Glostavent ® Anaesthesia System for Bansang Hospital in the Gambia, through the Bansang Hospital Appeal.
Bright ideas at the Royal Society of Medicine
- 7 Jul 2010
At the start of the year, Diamedica was in the spotlight at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Managing Director, Robert Neighbour and consultant anaesthetist Roger Eltringham gave a presentation in February on the Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia System (DPA 01).
Returning to Sierra Leone and Liberia - 21 Jul 2009
Richard Tully returned to Sierra Leone to participate in the Anaesthesia Conference held there and to set up Glostavents purchased by Dr Keith Thomson for the EMERGENCY Hospital and the Connaught.
Diamedica is a medical manufacturing company with a firmly established reputation as a producer and supplier of specialised equipment for those working in challenging environments around the world. With years of experience working alongside those who work in some of the world's most hostile environments, it is our philosophy never to supply equipment which is unfit for purpose or requires the end user to possess resources or skills they might not be able to find locally. Those working in the developing world face enough difficulties without being supplied with unsuitable, unsustainable equipment.
Diamedica supports the principles of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists: