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We go beyond our natural working borders to talk to the General Surgeon Dr Alliance Niyukuri in Burundi.
Dr Alliance is head of the Department of Surgery at Kibuye Hope Hospital in Gitega, Burundi. He will talk to us about the measures Burundi has taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country and how this pandemic has affected district hospitals.
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Today we interview Dr Karima Khalid to know how Covid-19 has affected her work as anaesthesiologist and lecturer.
Dr Karima Khalid is the treasurer of the Society of Anaesthesiologists in Tanzania. She works as an anaesthesiologist herself at the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute and as a lecturer at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. We are talking to Judith Munthali to know how Covid-19 has impacted on the work of surgical nurses at the operating theatre in her hospital.
Judith works as chief nursing officer at the University Teaching Specialised Eye Hospital in Lusaka Zambia. She is also president of the Zambian Operating Theatre Nurses Interest Group (ZOTNIG), and one of SURG-Africa supervisors in the country. Today we interview Dr John Kachimba, senior medical superintendent and consultant urologist at Livingstone Central Hospital.
Dr Kachimba is also vice chairman of the National Science and Technology Council, and principal investigator for SURG-Africa in Zambia. We talk again with Professor Eric Borgstein to hear the latest COVID-19 related developments in Malawi: the recent health workers strikes and the cancellation of the lockdown in the country.
Professor Borgstein teaches surgery at the University of Malawi College of Medicine and he is also a consultant paediatric surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. He is also COSECSA's Secretary General. Surge Ahead is a series of interviews with our colleagues in the field to know how is the Covid-19 affecting SURG-Africa work and their lives in the respective countries. Due to the current situation, we will conduct a series of interviews with our colleagues in the field to know how is the Covid-19 affecting SURG-Africa work and their lives in the respective countries.
We have Dr Paul Marealle today with us. Dr Marealle is a senior orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, where he also is chairperson of the quality assurance improvement team. Past president of Tanzania Surgical Association, is currently council member of College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Due to the current situation, we will conduct a series of interviews with our colleagues in the field to know how is the Covid-19 affecting SURG-Africa work and their lives in the respective countries.
Today, we have interviewed Eric Borgstein, Professor of Surgery at the University of Malawi College of Medicine and consultant paediatric surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where he was instrumental in setting up its current surgical postgraduate training program. He is also SURG-Africa Principal Investigator in Malawi and COSECSA Secretary General. |
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