[youtube id=”O0RRgC8acDY” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”] The Hoverstretcher. One of the less brilliant ideas dreamed up by medical scientists in 1961. Developed in collaboration with the Royal Army Medical Corps this death trap failed to make it into everyday use. […]
Last week David Cahill, Professor in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Bristol’s School of Clinical Sciences and gynaecologist in St Michael’s Hospital, was called upon to perform an emergency caesarean section on Kera, a Western Lowland Gorilla at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Despite having delivered hundreds of babies by caesarean in his career, […]
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SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK doctors and nurses. [youtube id=”qZhf8hD4wXw” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”] More on Short Sharp Scratch Productions from founder Omar Hafeez-Bore To know about Short Sharp Scratch Productions, you first have to […]
[youtube id=”GhMigwFqYzc” width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”] Water is at the heart of WAVE’s work. Realising how fundamental the lake was to the region, they begun to use the lake as a highway, using boats to deliver medical supplies and transport people to remote lakeside health centres. Now their vision has expanded with plans to build a full […]
[youtube id=”cXSMNNtsmW0″ width=”750″ height=”422″ position=”left”] If you have a minute or three, sit back and see how much has changed in the NHS since 1957. Have doctors ever felt that they received a fair deal with the National Health Service? Or has there always been, and will there always be, an uneasy relationship between medics and […]