General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus,stomach,small intestine,large intestine,liver,pancreas,gallbladder,appendix and bile ducts,and often the thyroid gland. They also deal with diseases involving the skin,breast,soft tissue,trauma,peripheral artery disease and hernias and perform endoscopic as such as gastroscopy,colonoscopy and laparoscopic procedures.
Urology,also known as genitourinary surgery,is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys,adrenal glands,ureters,urinary bladder,urethra,and the male reproductive organs.
Ophthalmology is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. A former term is oculism.
A podiatrist is a medical professional devoted to the treatment of disorders of the foot,ankle,and related structures of the leg. The term originated in North America but has now become the accepted term in the English-speaking world for all practitioners of podiatric medicine. The word chiropodist was previously used in the United States,but it is now regarded as antiquated.
Podiatry,or podiatric medicine,is a branch of medicine devoted to the study,diagnosis,and treatment of disorders of the foot and ankle. The healthcare professional is known as a podiatrist. The US podiatric medical school curriculum includes lower extremity anatomy,general human anatomy,physiology,general medicine,physical assessment,biochemistry,neurobiology,pathophysiology,genetics and embryology,microbiology,histology,pharmacology,women's health,physical rehabilitation,sports medicine,research,ethics and jurisprudence,biomechanics,general principles of orthopedic surgery,and foot and ankle surgery.
A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients,diseases,skills,or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (paediatrics),cancer (oncology),laboratory medicine (pathology),or primary care. After completing medical school or other basic training,physicians or surgeons and other clinicians usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple-year residency to become a specialist.
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the leading advocate for surgical standards,professionalism and surgical education in Australia and New Zealand.
In modern medicine,a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places,a modern surgeon is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as physicians before specializing in surgery. There are also surgeons in podiatry,dentistry,and veterinary medicine. It is estimated that surgeons perform over 300 million surgical procedures globally each year.
Middlemore Hospital is a major public hospital in the suburb of Ōtāhuhu,Auckland,New Zealand. The hospital has approximately 800 beds. There are 24 operating theatres across two sites.
Boora Narsaiah Goud is an Indian politician in the state of Telangana. Joining in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi political party in 2009 he has won as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha representing Bhongir constituency in 2014 election and lost in 2019.
Fiji National University is a public university in Fiji that was formally constituted on 15 February 2010 by the Fiji National University Act 2009.
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu is the only hospital in the country,and the primary provider of medical services for all the islands of Tuvalu. The hospital is located about 1.3 kilometres north from the centre of Funafuti on Fongafale islet.
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) is a training programme for surgical doctors. The course covers the theoretical basis and practical skills required to manage critically ill surgical patients. It is managed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The 4th edition,which reduced the duration to 2 days,was released in February 2017.
Ned Abraham was an Associate Professor of surgery at the Faculty of Medicine,University of New South Wales and is a general &colorectal surgeon,a clinical academic and a retired Australian Army Reserve Officer. He has spoken at multiple national and international meetings in four continents and his published articles in general,colorectal and academic surgery have been cited in the medical literature close to two thousand times. He continues to practice surgery in Coffs Harbour,NSW,Australia.
John Rutherford Ryley was an Australian surgeon who studied medicine in Glasgow,where he learned about Listerian antisepsis from Joseph Lister. He emigrated to New Zealand and introduced antiseptic surgery there in January 1868. Most of his career was then spent in Australia. He killed himself at the age of 46.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOH) is a government ministry of Fiji responsible for overseeing Fiji's Healthcare system. Its head office is in Dinem House in Toorak,Suva. The current Minister for Health and Medical Services is Ifereimi Waqainabete who was appointed to the position in November 2018.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of the disease in Fiji was reported on 19 March 2020 in Lautoka. as of 3 January 2022,the country has had a total of 55,009 cases as of which 2,417 are currently active and 702 deaths,with cases reported on all divisions of the country. Apart from the COVID-19 deaths,621 COVID-19 positive patients have died from pre-existing non-COVID-19 related illnesses. In March 2021,Fiji became the first Pacific island country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX initiative with frontline workers and first responders the first to be vaccinated. As of 2 January 2022,more than 600,000 (98%) Fijians have received their first jab of the vaccine and almost 560,000 (92%) Fijians have received their second jab and are fully vaccinated. To date,only the AstraZeneca vaccine,Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have been deployed in the country. The country have also administered booster shots. Vaccination is mandated,however only to the adult population.
Gabrielle McMullin MB BCh BAO FRCS FRACS MCh is an Australian vascular surgeon,author and gender equality advocate.
careFIJI is a mobile software application developed by the Government of Fiji to assist the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in combating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji. The mobile app is available on Google Play and the App Store.
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign began in Fiji on the first quarter of 2021 and will continue throughout the year with the goal of vaccinating all eligible Fijians. The government has made it mandatory for all eligible adults to take the COVID-19 vaccines.
