BBC News reports that trainee surgeon, Mark Frame's plastic bones idea could save the NHS a lot of money. "Mark Frame realised he could help the NHS cut costs by using freely available software programmes and the internet to create models of bones. A company in the Netherlands transforms 3D CT scan images into plastic models. The bones are used before complex operations to give surgeons a clearer idea of what to expect. The first model of a child's forearm cost £77, and arrived by post in a week."
There is a saving both of cash and time. And it was very good to hear on the radio that Mark Frame is providing this new idea free. He has written a guide so that other surgeons can make their own bones. The guide is being considered for publication by the World Journal of Science and Technology. He is also contactable via twitter: @3Dbones
Showing posts with label surgeons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surgeons. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Monday, 14 July 2008
A website that rates doctors, with ratings and reviews by their patients.
http://iwantgreatcare.org/
This may be useful to people who have moved house and are wanting to register with a practice in the new area, or to people who would like information about consultants and surgeons.
This may be useful to people who have moved house and are wanting to register with a practice in the new area, or to people who would like information about consultants and surgeons.
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Patricia Hewitt's attempt to find a solution to the junior doctors' training fiasco at risk from surgeons' anger
Surgeons' fury over trainee fiasco - Guardian
Extract:
"Patricia Hewitt's attempt to find a solution to the junior doctors' training fiasco was at risk last night after England's top surgeons threatened to pull out of negotiations.
Bernard Ribiero, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said: "I will not see a generation of highly qualified, experienced and committed surgical trainees exposed to the vagaries of an untested and clearly flawed system." If a government review committee did not act today to rescue medical trainees from "a professional lottery", the surgeons would take matters into their own hands and make the appointments independently."
Extract:
"Patricia Hewitt's attempt to find a solution to the junior doctors' training fiasco was at risk last night after England's top surgeons threatened to pull out of negotiations.
Bernard Ribiero, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said: "I will not see a generation of highly qualified, experienced and committed surgical trainees exposed to the vagaries of an untested and clearly flawed system." If a government review committee did not act today to rescue medical trainees from "a professional lottery", the surgeons would take matters into their own hands and make the appointments independently."
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Stem cell treatment has helped liver cancer patients in Germany.
Stem cell treatment saves liver cancer patients - Telegraph
Extract:
"Patients treated for advanced liver cancer have grown new liver cells after being injected with stem cells taken from their hips.
Six out of eight patients are still alive two years later with fully functioning livers. The treatment, given in Germany, brings hope for liver patients.
Surgeons at the University of Dusseldorf took bone marrow stem cells from the hips of patients with advanced liver cancer and injected then into the healthy parts of the liver. "
Extract:
"Patients treated for advanced liver cancer have grown new liver cells after being injected with stem cells taken from their hips.
Six out of eight patients are still alive two years later with fully functioning livers. The treatment, given in Germany, brings hope for liver patients.
Surgeons at the University of Dusseldorf took bone marrow stem cells from the hips of patients with advanced liver cancer and injected then into the healthy parts of the liver. "
Friday, 2 February 2007
Sunday, 21 January 2007
Stressed doctor lost his temper and cut off his patient's penis
Stressed doctor cuts off patient's penis
Extracts:
1) "Naum Ciomu, 58, was operating on the man to correct a testicular malformation when he lost his temper. Grabbing a scalpel, he sliced off the penis in front of amazed nursing staff, then cut it into three pieces before storming out of the operating theatre at the Panduri Urology Hospital in Bucharest.
A Romanian court has ordered Prof Ciomu to pay £100,000 damages and £20,000 costs to the victim, Nelu Radonescu, a 36-year-old builder."
2) "The medical costs will be covered by the hospital's insurer, but doctors' unions have criticised the court's decision to make Prof Ciomu pay the damages personally. The unions claim the case could set a dangerous precedent, and doctors may refuse to carry out operations for fear of making a mistake. They said Prof Ciomu, a urologist and lecturer in anatomy, had been punished enough by having his medical licence suspended."
3) "The surgeon told a court he lost his temper after he accidentally cut the patient's urinary channel. He said it was a loss of judgement due to personal problems.
Mr Radonescu will use the compensation to pay for an operation to rebuild his penis, using tissue from his arm."It will never be the same, but if I am even a quarter of the man I was, I will still be very content," he said."
Clearly, anyone so lacking in self-control, judgment and concern for the welfare of others as this doctor has no business being a doctor at all!
I applaud "the court's decision to make Prof Ciomu pay the damages personally". - Well done! - If all medical negligence resulted in the negligent personnel paying substantial funds to their victims (rather than insurance companies paying) there would be an immediate and lasting fall in the incidence of negligence and consequent suffering of patients.
But surely, there should also be a criminal prosecution for the gross, wanton, inexcusible mutilation wrought by this surgeon on his innocent patient?
Extracts:
1) "Naum Ciomu, 58, was operating on the man to correct a testicular malformation when he lost his temper. Grabbing a scalpel, he sliced off the penis in front of amazed nursing staff, then cut it into three pieces before storming out of the operating theatre at the Panduri Urology Hospital in Bucharest.
A Romanian court has ordered Prof Ciomu to pay £100,000 damages and £20,000 costs to the victim, Nelu Radonescu, a 36-year-old builder."
2) "The medical costs will be covered by the hospital's insurer, but doctors' unions have criticised the court's decision to make Prof Ciomu pay the damages personally. The unions claim the case could set a dangerous precedent, and doctors may refuse to carry out operations for fear of making a mistake. They said Prof Ciomu, a urologist and lecturer in anatomy, had been punished enough by having his medical licence suspended."
3) "The surgeon told a court he lost his temper after he accidentally cut the patient's urinary channel. He said it was a loss of judgement due to personal problems.
Mr Radonescu will use the compensation to pay for an operation to rebuild his penis, using tissue from his arm."It will never be the same, but if I am even a quarter of the man I was, I will still be very content," he said."
Clearly, anyone so lacking in self-control, judgment and concern for the welfare of others as this doctor has no business being a doctor at all!
I applaud "the court's decision to make Prof Ciomu pay the damages personally". - Well done! - If all medical negligence resulted in the negligent personnel paying substantial funds to their victims (rather than insurance companies paying) there would be an immediate and lasting fall in the incidence of negligence and consequent suffering of patients.
But surely, there should also be a criminal prosecution for the gross, wanton, inexcusible mutilation wrought by this surgeon on his innocent patient?
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