Welcome to Diamedica!
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 designs and manufactures Anaesthesia Systems, now used in over 43 countries worldwide, alongside complementary anaesthesia and other surgical equipment suitable for a wide range of clinical settings. We offer comprehensive set up and training packages, project management and support.
Diamedica supports the principles of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists:
"...to make available the highest standards of anaesthesia, pain treatment, trauma management and resuscitation to all peoples of the world and to disseminate the same".
Diamedica UK Ltd
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Educational exhibit in Chicago - 25 Nov 2011
We were
pleasantly surprised to be invited to demonstrate new developments in
draw-over with the Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia machines at
the educational exhibition at the American Society of Anaesthesiology
meeting in Chicago in October.
New ISO standards - 24 Nov 2011
Last
month the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new
standard for inhalational anaesthesia systems for use in areas with limited
logistical supplies of electricity and anaesthetic gases.
New anaesthesia charity - 18 Aug 2011
Safe
Anaesthesia Worldwide is a newly formed charity that aims to relieve suffering and
save lives by making the benefits of anaesthesia available to people in poor
countries.
Anaesthesia in Togo - 12 Aug 2011
A meeting in
Paris this summer with anaesthetist Dr Pitchaki Hemou led to a
demonstration of Diamedica’s equipment in Togo.
Keep informed - 24 Jun 2011
This month
Diamedica launched its quarterly newsletter, a brief round-up of relevant
and useful news from our industry and in the field.
Heading for the Fjords - 2 Jun 2011
Diamedica is heading north this summer to attend the
31st Congress of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) 2011 in Norway. The biannual congress rotates
between the five Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and
Sweden) and this year will take place between 15th to 17th
June at the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.
Have Portable, Will Travel
- 4 May 2011
Canadian anaesthetist Shaun
Marshall purchased a Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia Machine (model DPA 01) to
take on missions to Guatemala. Shaun, an Associate Professor at the University
of Western Ontario, and his GP wife Bonnie like to be involved in international
healthcare.
Breath of Life - 8 Apr 2011
On 9th July 2011 the
Republic of South Sudan will officially be born following a historic
independence referendum. It is therefore fitting that the first anaesthetic
machine provided by the Bideford Bridge Rotary Club’s ‘Breath of Life’ campaign
is going to help the birth of the youngest country in the world.
A trip to Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital - 28 Feb 2011
Diamedica Managing
Director, Robert Neighbour, recently returned from a trip to the Addis Ababa
Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. The hospital provides free treatment for poor
women with childbirth injuries. Robert’s visit was to help with the maintenance
of the hospital’s four Glostavent ® anaesthetic machines and provide training
for local staff.
New flagship hospital for Rwanda - 31 Jan 2011
Situated on a stunning mountain top, the
new Butaro District Hospital was officially opened on 24th January
by Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The flagship hospital serves the remote
Burera District of northern Rwanda, which three years ago had no electricity,
difficult roads and only one doctor for some 350,000 people.
First Glostavent® for St Walburg's Hospital - 1 Nov 2010
At the beginning of October, St Walburg's Hospital, Nyangao in Tanzania received their very first anaesthesia machine, a brand new Glostavent®, thanks to Dr Daniela Kietzmann.
Donation to Pallisa District Hospital, Uganda - 20 Oct 2010
On Friday 8thOctober Dr Mike Marks MBE and the International Medical Director for Direct Relief International presented a Glostavent® anaesthesia machine to Palissa District Hospital in Uganda.
New training for anaesthetists in Zambia - 18 Oct 2010
The University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia is to provide a new MMed training course for anaesthetists. The new course was launched this month at the National Anaesthesia Conference of the Zambian Branch of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) held in the hospital in Lusaka, 6 - 8 October.
World Humanitarian Day - 18 Aug 2010
19 August is World Humanitarian Day which aims to raise awareness of the work undertaken by humanitarian aid workers around the world and the hazards they can face.
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.
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