The 4th Liberian Anaesthetic Conference 16-17 November 2010

摘要

Anaesthesia in Liberia is potentially in crisis now that Nigerian consultant anaesthetist Dr Stella Eguma has returned home, she spent 2 years at the John F Kennedy hospital in Monrovia and her departure has left the country, with a population of 3.5 million, without a single physician anaesthetist. In comparison Wales, with a similar population, has 696 anaesthetists half of whom are consultants. Elikem Gagakuma, a nurse anaesthetist from Ghana is now in charge of training for the 17 student anaesthetic nurses at JFK Hospital while at Phebe, the only other training hospital, senior anaesthetic nurses use a structured training programme organised by the Cardiff based charity Mothers of Africa.