Travel Fellowship

From the year 2010 onwards, Aluta Healthcare will be a co-sponsor of the travel fellowship with Smiths Medical South Africa. See Rules of Travel Fellowship, which is part of the byelaws of THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (SASA).

2010 JOINT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP

Rules for the Smiths Medical/Aluta Healthcare Prize

These rules have been drawn up by THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (SASA) with representatives from Smiths Medical and Aluta Healthcare. They are included in the byelaws of the Society:

1. The participant must be recognised by the HPCSA as a Specialist Anaesthetist.
2. The subject of the paper must be an original presentation and related to Vascular Access or Pain Management, Patient Safety or Patient Monitoring and Patient Safety. Airway Management and Patient Safety need not be based on original research.
3. The Congress Scientific Committee will select the best papers to compete for the award.
4. The recipient must reside in Southern Africa (Neighbouring states included).
5. The recipient must undertake to spend at least 2 of the 5 years following the year of the award practicing anaesthesia in Southern Africa.
6. The award will be made regardless of the social, cultural or racial background of the recipient.
7. The recipient shall not have been awarded the prize in the preceding 5 years.
8. Each candidate will be allowed at least 25 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
9. The intention to participate, the title, and if required, the full text of the presentation must be submitted to the Congress Organisers before the specific dates prescribed by them.
10. A panel of 3 - 5 judges will be appointed by the Organising Committee to judge the presentation at the Congress, and each judge should be aware of and have access to a copy of these rules.
11. The award shall be made on the following basis:

Applicability to Rule 2 above Vascular Access or Pain Management and Patient Safety.

Originality of the presentation and contribution to new anaesthetic knowledge.

1. The award shall consist of a return airfare and daily subsistence for a period of 2 weeks in the United States. During this period the recipient will visit the Smiths Medical premises in the USA and should visit areas or individuals concerned with his/her special interests in anaesthesia
2. A report on the trip will be given at the Smiths Medical/Aluta Healthcare Alumni Dinner at the Congress immediately following the year in which the prise was won.

For further information contact GEOFF GOMEZ at Smiths Medical on 082 416 1247.

Ward Sponsorships

• Medical Congress Attendance
• SASA (Annual national Anaesthetic Congress)
• Annual Critical Care Congress
• North West Refresher Congress
• Pharmaceutical Conferences:
• Mpumalanga Annual Pharmaceutical Conference
• North West Annual Pharmaceutical Conference
• Limpopo Annual Pharmaceutical Conference

I wish to thank all key stakeholders in the procurement management chain for their assistance, direction and support for our business imperatives.

We would also like to reassure all Department of Health STAKEHOLDERS of our continued service excellence and to maintain our valuable customer relationships with all hospitals.

Kind regards to all.

Nkosana Henry Nxumalo

(Sales and Marketing Director)

Contact Details:

(+27) 011 974 7134

http://www.smiths-medical.com/

Mr. Dominic Dandajena (Managing Director)

Mr. Geoffrey Gomez (Business Manager) - Vascular access

Ms. Sybille Millar (Business Manager) - Equipment

Ms. Debbie Lureman (Business Manager) - Portex Airway and Pain Management.

OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Yezabantwana Week

Aluta Healthcare has been a consistent sponsor for the 'Yezabantwana Paediatric Week', which takes place annually at the Charlotte Maxeke Gen Hospital and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. The hospitals are working at a minimum staff compliment with lengthy operative lists. This results in a lot babies having to wait for procedures to be performed on them. Then the idea of such a program arose to ease the burden on not just the children involved, but also their parents. A team of doctors together with the paediatric H.O.D Prof. Peter Beale spear-headed this initiative and take time out of their schedules to perform these operations at no cost at all. The Yezabantwana week is 5days long and takes place twice a year. In a week, the doctor can do between 75-100 operations! This is remarkable work on their side and our company contributes to this worthy cause by supplying the hospital with the necessary products and consumables. We also sponsor their lunch breaks for that week. We have been actively involved with Yezabantwana Week from its first launch and we continue to support them every step of the way.