Only 200 anaesthesiologists for over 60,000 cancer patients in Ethiopia
By Staff Reporter
ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Although 80 percent of cancer patients need anesthesiologists, the only professionals in the sector of anesthesiology in the country is limited to 200, sources said.
World Anesthesia Day is being celebrated today in Ethiopia, whose annual cancer incidence is estimated to be around 60, 960 cases, according to available information.
Ethio-FM 107.8 Radio said that October 18 is being celebrated here under the theme “What should the awareness of the community look like regarding anaesthesia?”.
World Anaesthesia Day is being celebrated world-wide for the 177th time under the theme “Anaesthesia and Cancer Treatment”, Ethio-FM indicated.
At a press conference given yesterday, it was underscored that extensive awareness raising activities should be carried out regarding the professional anaesthetists, Ethio-FM said.
Sources indicate that annual cancer incidence is estimated to be around 60, 960 cases with an annual mortality of over 44,000. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Ethiopia.
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The “father of modern gynecology,” J. Marion Sims, performed experiments on black female slaves without anesthesia. A statue of J. Marion Sims stood across from the New York Academy.
Credited as the “father of modern gynecology,” Sims developed pioneering tools and surgical techniques related to women’s reproductive health. It is alleged that Dr. Sims performed surgeries on his subjects without anesthesia. He argued that the operations were not painful enough to warrant any form of anesthesia.
Sims further reasoned that “black people did not feel as much pain as white people” and therefore didn’t require anesthesia during surgery. Many women died at the hands of the man whom some people now regard as “the father of modern gynecology.” Source :internet Comment posted in commemoration of Black women were tortured and treated as guinea pigs for many surgical experiments by white supremacists, who still consider the lives of one race inferior to another. “”Taking credit for someone else’s work is like stealing the feathers off another bird’s wings.”
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