February 2013: Ultrasound Training

In spring 2011, Dr. Jeanne Noble, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and Ultrasound Fellows, Dr. Aparajita Sohoni and Dr. Allison Mulcahy of Highland Hospital, trained HSC physicians in Emergency Ultrasound. The 3-week course included both basic and advanced ultrasound applications, enhancing the bedside diagnostic skills of HSC physicians. In 2012 and 2013 the course was repeated in order to reinforce skills.

Parto Humanizado Proyect 2013

This year we have started a proyect to improve our pregnancy and labour services. In first instance the aim is to follow the recommendations about humanized birth of the WHO and a second phase will be to improve relations with traditional midwives and include cultural habits of the region in our attention.