Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2009
CommentCon: pediatric anesthesia training in developing countries is best achieved by out of country scholarships.
Medical migration is damaging health systems in developing countries and anesthesia delivery is critically affected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. 'Within country' postgraduate anesthesia training needs to be supported to encourage more doctors into the specialty. Open-ended training programs to countries that do not share the same spectrum of disease should be discouraged. Donor agencies have an important role to play in supporting sustainable postgraduate training programs.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2009
Pro: anesthesia for children in the developing world should be delivered by medical anesthetists.
Outcomes from pediatric surgery when carried out by trained pediatric anesthetists are excellent. This is not the case when the anesthesia provider is poorly trained. ⋯ These problems should be addressed but safety of the children should not be compromised. One should not condone poor standards to deprive children of safe anesthesia and the caregiver of much needed self-respect.