West African journal of medicine
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The supply of Oxygen to hospitals in the West African subregion has been irregular for decades. This has added to the frustrations of Anaesthetists in the subregion. ⋯ Korle Bu Hospital, Accra, has been producing its own oxygen within the hospital since 1986. Oxygen Concentrators are recommended as a solution to a chronic problem.
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There is an overall shortage of physician anaesthetists in the West African Subregion. The non-physician anaesthetist (nurse anaesthetist) is used to provide adequate clinical service. ⋯ The Society of Anaesthetists of West Africa has therefore recommended that where possible nurses should not be involved in the administration of anaesthetics in the Teaching Hospitals. They should be placed out into intensive therapy units and recovery rooms.