GAZHP president Dr Joseph Yikona, and resuscitation practitioner Kevin Brown both from West Suffolk Hospital, have worked with UNZA School of Medicine based in Lusaka, Zambia, to provide the teaching school with simulation equipment previously used at the West Suffolk Hospital.

The equipment, which is considered surplus to requirement in the United Kingdom, would hugely benefit training and teaching in other parts of the world where resus apparatus such as manikins can be very difficult to both find and fund.

Dr Joseph Yikona said: “The University of Zambia is my alma mater and I’m delighted that we were able to donate this vital equipment to the university where I undertook my undergraduate medical training.

“My aspiration is to help Zambia to achieve a clear-cut identifiable, cohesive and deliberate training program in resuscitation and recognition of life-threatening clinical events similar to the NHS here. It is a big but achievable ambition which we will take one small step at a time.”

Kevin Brown added: “While the world of resus simulation is moving forward very fast in the United Kingdom, these manikins still could be of huge benefit to teaching universities such as this one in Lusaka. Joseph approached our team about the potential of donating the equipment and we were more than happy to help in any way we could.”

The simulation manikins will travel around 5,000 miles from Bury St Edmunds to the capital of Zambia, Lusaka.

Source: West Suffolk NHS Trust Newsroom