International Women’s Day

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’œ Women play a vital and transformative role in healthcare systems worldwide, contributing across surgical and perioperative teams as surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, […]

Ethical Analysis of Adriana Smith’s Case

๐™€๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™โ€™๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™จ๐™š This case cannot be ethically assessed without recognizing the fetus as a second morally relevant patient. Once brain death […]

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข In 2025, a brain-dead pregnant woman in Georgia, USA was legally kept on life support because restrictive abortion laws […]

Welcome to March

๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ช๐‘ฏ! This new month presents fresh opportunities to advocate, collaborate, and achieve excellence towards our shared goal.At ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’(๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘ฎ), we remain […]

Cutting Edge Care: AI in the OR

โœ‚๏ธ ๐‚๐”๐“๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„: ๐€๐ˆ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐‘ โฑ๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญEvery minute lost in the OR carries a cost beyond the schedule. Delayed first […]

Scalpel Meets Compassionate Hands: Quotes from Surgery

๐’๐‚๐€๐‹๐๐„๐‹ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐€๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐‡๐€๐๐ƒ๐’: ๐๐”๐Ž๐“๐„๐’ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐’๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐‘๐˜ ๐Ÿฉบ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธAcross the globe, over five billion people still lack access to expert and affordable surgical care. Surgery […]

World’s First Human-To-Human Heart Transplant – Performed in Africa

๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——’๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก-๐—ง๐—ข-๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง – ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿซ€ Africa played a notable role in the history of heart transplantation. On December 3, 1967, […]

Cost Barriers to Surgical Care

๐—–๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—š๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ – ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—˜-๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—™๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Mrs A. is a woman living somewhere in rural Africa. […]

World Cancer Day

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!๐ŸŽ—๏ธ Cancer affects millions of lives, and for many, surgery is the difference between life and loss. Yet access to safe, timely cancer […]

Unfolding February

๐”๐๐…๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐„๐๐‘๐”๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐Ÿฉท A month of compassion, science, and love, from World Cancer Day to celebrating Women and Girls in Science, and beyond. ๐Ÿฉบ๐Ÿ”ฌโœจ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  […]