|
|
FREEMAN HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION REGISTERED CHARITY 700730
|
|
|
|
I am sure lots of you know Neil Wrightson. He is one of our team of fantastic transplant co-ordinators here at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. In 2005, with help from the FHLTA, Neil was able to take up an invitation to speak at a major conference in India. His report below is fascinating: A report on the 51st National Conference of the Indian Association of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgeons. I was invited to present a lecture to the nursing faculty of the 51st National Conference of the Indian Association of Cardio -vascular and Thoracic Surgeons on the 17th to the 20th of February 2005. This conference will provide opportunities to learn as it has a strong medical, nursing and, scientific programme, There were sessions on coronary artery surgery, heart valve and thoracic surgery as well as transplantation. The invitation to present a lecture on lung transplantation was a tremendous honour for me professionally and personally, and reflects well upon the cardio-pulmonary transplant unit and Freeman Hospital. The meeting was attended by cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons, cardiologists, nurses and allied health professionals mainly from Asia but also from Europe and a small number from the USA. My understanding is that small numbers of cardiac transplants have been performed in India and that there are plans to expand the transplant programs in several major cities. This is a fascinating opportunity, which will allow me to pass on some of our huge transplant experience to new and developing cardio - pulmonary units in India and across Asia. The presentation was very well received by several hundred health professionals and stimulated healthy debate with lots of questions Having said that they have different ways of doing things, we think we are very cost and resource conscious! What would you think about having a heart operation without a heart lung machine and using an epidural so you don’t feel anything, but you are awake talking to the surgeon who is performing your bypass graft operation? As I expected India was incredibly hot, the cities were chaotic, the traffic and roads amazing, but once I left the city the scenery was fabulous (see the photo’s: Click on thumbnail for larger image)
I would like to thank the FHLTA - Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association - for their support, as without this I would not have been able to attend this meeting Neil Wrightson Transplant co-ordinator
|
|
Send mail to
graham@fhlta.org.uk with
questions or comments about this web site.
|
