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Seeing is Believing: a Century to Remember For Medical Science
It’s probably fair to say that medical science has advanced greatly. From the discovery of penicillin by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, to the first human-to-human heart transplantation by South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard in 1967, the 20th century certainly saw some major medical breakthroughs. But whilst there can be no disputing the universal significance of Fleming and Barnard’s scientific advances, there have been a number of other notable medical visionaries that we have a lot to be thankful for, some of whom perhaps don’t receive the credit they deserve. With many technological inventions, it’s not always easy to give credit to one person, given that it may have been honed and perfected over a period of time. Indeed, there may well have been a number of people who helped to progress the technology over several decades. Laser eye surgery, for example, has had numerous pioneers over the years. Even before laser surgery was invented, Russian doctor Svyatoslav Fyodorov was performing groundbreaking work in the field of eye surgery – and in 1960, he implanted the first artificial crystalline lens. Dr Fyodorov also developed a surgical technique for
Modernizing the Medical Laboratory Profession to Meet the 21st Century Challenges
The field of medicine is one which is very crucial to humanity and must be devoid of egocentrism, monopoly and similar sentiments and dogmatism that at the long run will transpire into an inimical and detrimental outcome which will negatively impact on the primary beneficiary- the patient. The fundamental goal of any healthcare delivery system should be how to meet the challenges of providing the best possible healthcare services that is pragmatic, efficient, proficient, timely, and accurate, and at the same time less expensive.
Consequently revisiting the Medical laboratory science profession and trying to reposition, rejuvenate and restructure its current curriculum to meet and if possible surpass the currently achieved standard of healthcare services is very crucial and almost nearly indispensable if the country hope to modernize and achieve the primary goals of the medical and healthcare profession and aspirations.
Without an iota of doubt, this noble profession is as complex as humanity itself and any approach thereof in trying to elucidate the best way to uplift the field must definitely take into cognizance such complexity and diversity. Medicine as we used to know has evolved a… More >>
Seeing is Believing: a Century to Remember For Medical Science
It’s probably fair to say that medical science has advanced greatly. From the discovery of penicillin by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, to the first human-to-human heart transplantation by South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard in 1967, the 20th century certainly saw some major medical breakthroughs. But whilst there can be no disputing the universal significance of Fleming and Barnard’s scientific advances, there have been a number of other notable medical visionaries that we have a lot to be thankful for, some of whom perhaps don’t receive the credit they deserve. With many technological inventions, it’s not always easy to give credit to one person, given that it may have been honed and perfected over a period of time. Indeed, there may well have been a number of people who helped to progress the technology over several decades. Laser eye surgery, for example, has had numerous pioneers over the years. Even before laser surgery was invented, Russian doctor Svyatoslav Fyodorov was performing groundbreaking work in the field of eye surgery – and in 1960, he implanted the first artificial crystalline lens. Dr Fyodorov also developed a surgical technique… More >>