| Autor: |
Jamil Ahmed, Amin Khuwaja, Rafia Tabassum, Ahmed Soomro, Raja Diloo, Kelash Kumar, Fauzia Khan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 5 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072807 |
| Popis: |
Objectives Our objective was to determine the current availability of human resource at secondary care hospitals in Sindh province and to identify gaps in term of appropriate number of anaesthesiologists available for delivery of safe anaesthesia care.Design A cross-sectional survey of anaesthesia workforce.Setting All district and taluka hospitals in the Sindh province of Pakistan.Participants Administrative anaesthesia leaders in the hospitals.Outcome measures Standard descriptive statistics (percentages and numbers) of anaesthesia workforce in these hospitals including both full-time and part-time physician anaesthesiologists, and non-specialist physicians providing anaesthesia services as well as technician support.Results Only 54 (75%) hospitals had a full-time anaesthesia physician, and 32 of these had only one. Two hundred and one operating rooms were present in 72 (80%) hospitals with an average of three operating rooms/hospital.Conclusions This study has identified a deficit of anaesthesiology personnel in district-level and tehsil-level hospitals of Sindh province of Pakistan. |
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