The University Clinical Center Tuzla hosted the Third School of Obstetrics Anesthesia that is organized in the framework of the cooperation between our hospital and the non- profit organization Kybele. During their visit to Tuzla, Kybele team members Prof. Dr. Medge Owen, Ass. Prof. Mellisa Potisek and Prof. Dr. Shahla Namak will provide hands-on training in obstetric anesthesia techniques, with emphasis on using regional anesthesia during labor and delivery, for our team of anesthesiologists.
On the occasion, Prim.Dr. Senida Keser, chief of anesthesia said that since April 2017, when regional anesthesia was introduced, 10 anesthesiologists of Clinical Center Tuzla have been educated and 300 procedures have been performed. Kybele is a non- profit humanitarian organization dedicated to improving childbirth safety worldwide. The organization brings US, Canadian, Australian and European healthcare professionals together to work in teams that travel to host countries. Since 2004 Kybele team members have conducted training in both Ob/Gyn and anesthesiology for health professionals in Armenia, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Mongolia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Vietnam.