NEWSAll is not well in paradisePublication date: 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 EVENTSPublication date: 7 Jul 2010Forthcoming courses in anaesthesia in developing countries in London and Uganda.
Learning how to handle a crisisPublication date: 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 LeonePublication date: 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 GambiaPublication date: 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 MedicinePublication date: 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).
Bideford Bridge Rotary Club brings anaesthesia to the international Rotary communityPublication date: 21 Jul 2009When Bideford Bridge Rotary Club listened to a talk by Robert Neighbour on anaesthesia in the developing world they immediately decided to get behind the issue and applied for a slot at the 100th Rotary International Convention held in Birmingham in June 2009.
Returning to Sierra Leone and LiberiaPublication date: 21 Jul 2009Richard 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.
A Month of ContrastsPublication date: 11 Dec 2008
“It was, I have to say, a very long trip!” said Richard Tully, just arrived back from a month away in Niger, Uganda and Kenya. “The logistics were amongst some of the most interesting I’ve done yet and the contrasts were stark". Richard's first port of call was for the Worldwide Fistula Fund's new model Fistula Surgery and Training Centre, adjacent to the Centre de Sante et de Leprologie (CSL) at Danja...
Obstetric FistulaPublication date: 29 Nov 2008
With the Worldwide Fistula Fund having purchased a Glostavent® Anaesthesia System for their new centre for fistula in Niger and Diamedica’s development engineer, Richard Tully, heading out to set up and train, here are a few words on fistula in the developing world. The majority of those in our wealthy nations would simply ask "What is fistula?" if they even came across it all...
RAISE Conference, Kampala, UgandaPublication date: 2 Jul 2008Having supplied anaesthesia and engineering training for Marie Stopes International Richard Tully, development engineer for the Glostavent, was delighted to be invited to attend the RAISE Conference, held in Kampala from June 18th to 20th...
Global Outreach Course - University of Dalhousie, Nova ScotiaPublication date: 1 Jun 2008
In May 2008 the University of Dalhousie, Halifax, Nova Scotia ran its first annual Global Outreach course, Anaesthesia in Challenging Environments...
The first Glostavents go into LiberiaPublication date: 2 Apr 2008
In 2007 Dr Keith Thomson, consultant anaesthetist and Vice-Chairman of Mercy Ships UK, came to see the Glostavent® at Royal Gloucester Hospital. He was so impressed by its suitability for those working in challenging environments that he purchased three Glostavents for Liberian hospitals...
14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Cape Town, South AfricaPublication date: 14 Mar 2008Diamedica (UK) Limited attended the 14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Cape Town, South Africa...
Anaesthesia for Developing Countries, KampalaPublication date: 1 Nov 2007
Richard Tully, attended the 26th Anaesthesia for Developing Countries held in Uganda organised and run in partnership between the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics and Makerere University, Uganda...
CameroonPublication date: 1 Nov 2007Robert Neighbour and Jan Laursen have just returned from a highly successful visit to Cameroon where they attended the Salon International du Medical...
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