Abderrahman Omer
Military Hospital-Sudan, Sudan
Title: Neurosurgery in Sudan, current and future challenges
Biography
Biography: Abderrahman Omer
Abstract
Introduction: Despite the profound progress in and achievements in medical services in Sudan, still in neurosurgery there are some frustrations markedly affecting the patients'` management. These difficulties include the number of neurosurgeons, the training centers, the equipment and the inadequate health care planning. These factors lead neurosurgeons not to work at home or return home after trained outside. It is obvious that the future development of neurosurgery in Sudan will depend largely on efforts to improve the quality of training program by adding new subspecialties in training and by improving the local condition to enable neurosurgeons to practice properly.
Objectives: To describe the rise and progress of neurosurgery in Sudan.
Methods: Data collections regarding neurosurgical practice in Sudan including difficulties, timeline of progress and dominant pathologies.
Results: Despite the progress in medical service in Sudan, neurosurgery is lagging behind in terms of service.
Discussion: Future progress in neurosurgery in Sudan depends mainly on improving the local training program, adding new subspecialties, improving the local conditions, start exchange programs of training outside the country and invite visiting trainers to conduct domestic training programs, bring recent technologies through local budgets or charity donations and lastly participate in international events in neurosurgery to exchange experience.
Conclusion: Despite the difficult day's neurosurgery in Sudan is facing now, but the future of both practice and specialty is quite promising.