Letter from Nepal. Rag and bottle updated.
Anaesthesia as it is practised in a small urban hospital in Nepal has been described. The people of Nepal have great surgical needs, and good, simple, anaesthesia is vital. Surgery is demanding on time and space; is it as vital as an 'under-fives clinic' or a preventative medicine programme? As the staff of the Shining Hospital decreases and as the Government Hospital takes over more acute surgery, I do not think so, and thus I am, temporarily, happy to be involved in the control and treatment of tuberculosis.
D000698:Analgesia; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D003906:Developing Countries; D004986:Ether; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine; D009390:Nepal
D004986:Ether; D007649:Ketamine