SingHealth, Delmege Healthcare conducts workshop
SingHealth in collaboration with Delmege Healthcare Division
conducted a workshop in Sri Lanka focusing on trauma management for the
Sri Lankan armed force recently.
The event is coordinated by Major General Dr. Sanjeeva Munasinghe,
Army Hospital and Medical Advisor to Commander of the Army Sri Lanka
Army along with the patronage Professor Tay Boon Keng, Chairman Medical
Board - International, SingHealth who delivered the welcome address and
introduction to the programme respectively. The forum was organized by
Delmege Forsyth and Co. Ltd, Healthcare Division due to its insightful
understanding of post-war rehabilitation needs of those affected in the
armed forces during the civil war.
Major General Dr. Sanjeeva Munasinghe mentioned that this is a very
rare opportunity to capture all the medical staff within the Sri Lankan
armed forces in one session and said it was a great opportunity to have
all stakeholders within the medical system of the military involved to
understand the process of the management of trauma.
It has been a longstanding need to help personnel of the armed forces
who have been affected by the war to live normal lives through
rehabilitation. Trauma management is a collaborative effort which has
different functionalities in handling a patient’s physical and mental
wellbeing. One of the objectives of the programme is to create better
awareness on trauma management within the medical profession and
knowledge-sharing, helping those affected to be better prepared for
disaster management.
As the principal coordinator, the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corp invited
the three armed forces and the police department to participate in this
programme. Due to the magnitude of the programme, SingHealth flew down
specialized medical consultants and paramedical stuff, who conducted the
workshop to over 100 service personnel which includes medical doctors
and nursing staff.
The Trauma Workshop was conducted by Prof. Anantharaman on Emergency
Medicine-Trauma Management, Prof. Andrew Tan, Dr. Sean, Prof. Arjandas,
Dr. Goh Yaw Chong on Orthopaedic, Dr. Leo Kah Woon, Prof. Tan Kok Chai,
Prof. Foo Chee Liam on Reconstruction whereas the Nursing and Allied
Health Workshop comprised topics such as Nursing Management of Chest
Trauma, Physiotherapy management post trauma and fracture and Nursing
Management. This event was conducted by SingHealth as a part of its
continuous medical programmes, and would be the first of many such
collaborative events that would take place in the future.
The SingHealth Group is a part of the Ministry of Health Singapore.
Singapore General Hospital is a subsidiary of the SingHealth Group. SGH
is Singapore’s flagship hospital with a history and tradition of medical
excellence spanning two decades. SGH is dedicated to providing
multidisciplinary medical care and backed by state-of-the-art
facilities. SGH offers quality patient care that is widely acknowledged
to be amongst the best in the world.
Delmege Healthcare is the local representative for Sri Lanka and
Maldives for the SingHealth Group |