World No Tobacco Day 2026

๐Ÿšญ ๐•Ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• โ„•๐•  ๐•‹๐• ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•”๐•  ๐”ป๐•’๐•ช | May 31 Tobacco use is a leading driver of preventable cancer worldwide, accounting for most lung cancer deaths. It […]

Who Held the Scalpel?

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’? The unspoken ethics of surgical training. A patient scheduled for laparoscopic surgery repeatedly asks whether the senior consultant will perform the […]

Global Surgery Day 2026

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† to every hand that heals, every mind that innovates, and every heart that serves in the theatre and beyond. ๐ŸŒโš•๏ธ Hippocrates […]

Happy Africa Day 2026

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š Today, we celebrate the strength, diversity, resilience, and limitless potential of Africa. At ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น (๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š), we are […]

Memorial Day

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Today, we pause to remember and honor the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who gave their lives in dedication to something […]

The Rise of Nanotechnology

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’š What if surgeons could target diseased cells without harming healthy tissue? Nanotechnology is emerging […]

TORG Global Surgery Essay Competition 2026

TORG Global Surgery Essay Competition 2026 Theme โ€œReimagining Global Surgery: The Role of Surgical & Perioperative Professionals in Building Safer Surgical Systemsโ€ About the Competition […]

Decisions Under the OR Lights

๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐‘ ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ก๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ โฑ๏ธ โ€œA surgeon is forced to make decisions with inadequate information and insufficient time.โ€โ€” Michael DeBakey, […]

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ Today, we celebrate the incredible nurses who serve with skill, compassion, and unwavering dedication. We especially recognize the perioperative nurses, who […]

When Distance Means Danger

๐Ÿฉธ๐•Ž๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐”ป๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•– ๐•„๐•–๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐”ป๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ ๐Ÿš‘ Wสœแด‡ส€แด‡ BสŸแดแดแด… Bแด€ษดแด‹๊œฑ Dแดษด’แด› Rแด‡แด€แด„สœEvery year, 102 million units of blood go undelivered across LMIC, not because donors don’t exist, […]