NEWSEducational exhibit in ChicagoPublication date: 25 Nov 2011
We were pleasantly surprised to be invited to demonstrate new developments in draw-over with the Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia machines at the educational exhibition at the American Society of Anaesthesiology meeting in Chicago in October. 
New ISO standardsPublication date: 24 Nov 2011
Last month the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new standard for inhalational anaesthesia systems for use in areas with limited logistical supplies of electricity and anaesthetic gases.
New anaesthesia charityPublication date: 18 Aug 2011
Safe Anaesthesia Worldwide is a newly formed charity that aims to relieve suffering and save lives by making the benefits of anaesthesia available to people in poor countries.
Anaesthesia in TogoPublication date: 12 Aug 2011
A meeting in Paris this summer with anaesthetist Dr Pitchaki Hemou led to a demonstration of Diamedica’s equipment in Togo.
Keep informedPublication date: 24 Jun 2011
This month Diamedica launched its quarterly newsletter, a brief round-up of relevant and useful news from our industry and in the field.
Heading for the FjordsPublication date: 2 Jun 2011
Diamedica is heading north this summer to attend the 31st Congress of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) 2011 in Norway. The biannual congress rotates between the five Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and this year will take place between 15th to 17th June at the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.
Have Portable, Will TravelPublication date: 4 May 2011
Canadian anaesthetist Shaun Marshall purchased a Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia Machine (model DPA 01) to take on missions to Guatemala. Shaun, an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, and his GP wife Bonnie like to be involved in international healthcare.
Breath of LifePublication date: 8 Apr 2011
On 9th July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan will officially be born following a historic independence referendum. It is therefore fitting that the first anaesthetic machine provided by the Bideford Bridge Rotary Club’s ‘Breath of Life’ campaign is going to help the birth of the youngest country in the world.
A trip to Addis Ababa Fistula HospitalPublication date: 28 Feb 2011
Diamedica Managing
Director, Robert Neighbour, recently returned from a trip to the Addis Ababa
Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. The hospital provides free treatment for poor
women with childbirth injuries. Robert’s visit was to help with the maintenance
of the hospital’s four Glostavent® anaesthetic machines and provide training
for local staff.
New flagship hospital for RwandaPublication date: 31 Jan 2011
Situated on a stunning mountain top, the new Butaro District Hospital was officially opened on 24th January by Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The flagship hospital serves the remote Burera District of northern Rwanda, which three years ago had no electricity, difficult roads and only one doctor for some 350,000 people.
First Glostavent® for St Walburg's HospitalPublication date: 1 Nov 2010
At the beginning of October, St Walburg's Hospital, Nyangao in Tanzania received their very first anaesthesia machine, a brand new Glostavent®, thanks to Dr Daniela Kietzmann.
Donation to Pallisa District Hospital, UgandaPublication date: 20 Oct 2010
On Friday 8thOctober Dr Mike Marks MBE and the International Medical Director for Direct Relief International presented a Glostavent® anaesthesia machine to Palissa District Hospital in Uganda.
New training for anaesthetists in ZambiaPublication date: 18 Oct 2010
The University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia is to provide a new MMed training course for anaesthetists. The new course was launched this month at the National Anaesthesia Conference of the Zambian Branch of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) held in the hospital in Lusaka, 6 - 8 October.
World Humanitarian DayPublication date: 18 Aug 2010
19 August is World Humanitarian Day which aims to raise awareness of the work undertaken by humanitarian aid workers around the world and the hazards they can face.
All is not well in paradisePublication date: 8 Jul 2010
Zanzibar's white sandy beaches and coral reef make it look like a tropical paradise, but the one million people who live on the island have limited access to health care.
FORTHCOMING EVENTSPublication date: 7 Jul 2010Forthcoming courses in anaesthesia in developing countries in London and Uganda.
Learning how to handle a crisisPublication date: 7 Jul 2010
It was another successful sell-out year for the Global Outreach: Anaesthesia in Challenging Environments course (31 May - 1 June) which is held each year at Dalhousie University, Canada.
Safer births in Sierra LeonePublication date: 7 Jul 2010
In May, Diamedica was delighted to arrange the shipment of a Glostavent ® Anaesthesia System to the Aberdeen Women's Centre in Sierra Leone, courtesy of the Gloag Foundation.
Improvements at Bansang Hospital, the GambiaPublication date: 7 Jul 2010
Rotary runs countless humanitarian projects both locally, nationally and internationally, and also partners with many charities worldwide. For example, the Rotary Club of Jersey and many others helped to provide a much needed second Glostavent ® Anaesthesia System for Bansang Hospital in the Gambia, through the Bansang Hospital Appeal.
Bright ideas at the Royal Society of MedicinePublication date: 7 Jul 2010
At the start of the year, Diamedica was in the spotlight at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Managing Director, Robert Neighbour and consultant anaesthetist Roger Eltringham gave a presentation in February on the Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia System (DPA 01).
Bideford Bridge Rotary Club brings anaesthesia to the international Rotary communityPublication date: 21 Jul 2009When Bideford Bridge Rotary Club listened to a talk by Robert Neighbour on anaesthesia in the developing world they immediately decided to get behind the issue and applied for a slot at the 100th Rotary International Convention held in Birmingham in June 2009.
Returning to Sierra Leone and LiberiaPublication date: 21 Jul 2009Richard Tully returned to Sierra Leone to participate in the Anaesthesia Conference held there and to set up Glostavents purchased by Dr Keith Thomson for the EMERGENCY Hospital and the Connaught.
A Month of ContrastsPublication date: 11 Dec 2008
“It was, I have to say, a very long trip!” said Richard Tully, just arrived back from a month away in Niger, Uganda and Kenya. “The logistics were amongst some of the most interesting I’ve done yet and the contrasts were stark". Richard's first port of call was for the Worldwide Fistula Fund's new model Fistula Surgery and Training Centre, adjacent to the Centre de Sante et de Leprologie (CSL) at Danja...
Obstetric FistulaPublication date: 29 Nov 2008
With the Worldwide Fistula Fund having purchased a Glostavent® Anaesthesia System for their new centre for fistula in Niger and Diamedica’s development engineer, Richard Tully, heading out to set up and train, here are a few words on fistula in the developing world. The majority of those in our wealthy nations would simply ask "What is fistula?" if they even came across it all...
RAISE Conference, Kampala, UgandaPublication date: 2 Jul 2008Having supplied anaesthesia and engineering training for Marie Stopes International Richard Tully, development engineer for the Glostavent, was delighted to be invited to attend the RAISE Conference, held in Kampala from June 18th to 20th...
Global Outreach Course - University of Dalhousie, Nova ScotiaPublication date: 1 Jun 2008
In May 2008 the University of Dalhousie, Halifax, Nova Scotia ran its first annual Global Outreach course, Anaesthesia in Challenging Environments...
The first Glostavents go into LiberiaPublication date: 2 Apr 2008
In 2007 Dr Keith Thomson, consultant anaesthetist and Vice-Chairman of Mercy Ships UK, came to see the Glostavent® at Royal Gloucester Hospital. He was so impressed by its suitability for those working in challenging environments that he purchased three Glostavents for Liberian hospitals...
14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Cape Town, South AfricaPublication date: 14 Mar 2008Diamedica (UK) Limited attended the 14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Cape Town, South Africa...
Anaesthesia for Developing Countries, KampalaPublication date: 1 Nov 2007
Richard Tully, attended the 26th Anaesthesia for Developing Countries held in Uganda organised and run in partnership between the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics and Makerere University, Uganda...
CameroonPublication date: 1 Nov 2007Robert Neighbour and Jan Laursen have just returned from a highly successful visit to Cameroon where they attended the Salon International du Medical...
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