The Professor who put an oximeter on the Checklist
Decades earlier, Professor Soyannwo’s son was born by emergency C-section, without oxygen monitoring. His brain was deprived of oxygen, and helives now...
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Meet Jeffry
Name: Dr Jeffry Brand Occupation: Retired Anaesthesiologist Location: Boston “I want to show the effect of the Lifebox programme in improving...
#BeBoldForChange
We’re inspired by this year’s IWD theme ‘Be Bold For Change,’ as it aligns with our mission to make safer surgery a...
Professor Alan Merry – #LifeboxSquared
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Dr Lara Herbert – #LifeboxSquared
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Lara Herbert, Lifebox Fellow 2016
What motivated you to apply for the Lifebox Fellowship? Working in a low-resource setting has been a long-standing ambition of mine, but...
#WHA69: from resolution to reality
In 1980, the WHO Director-General made that speech. In 2015, after decades of work, surgery and anaesthesia reached the World Health Assembly...
Sally Davies – Medical Women’s Federation
Name: Sally Davies Role: President of the Medical Women’s Federation Location: U.K. #IWDSurgery Why is health care a women’s issue? Women are...
Putting anaesthesia on the map
This is a map of where to find fish in Lake Malawi. The 3 million year old basin lapping against the ‘The Warm Heart of...
Comic Time Out
Not every comic is meant to be funny. While the Scottish city of Dundee’s classic troublemaker Dennis the Menace always lunged for...
