Emergency, anaesthetic and essential surgical capacity in the Gambia
Adam Iddriss, Nestor Shivute, Stephen Bickler, Ramou Cole-Ceesay, Bakary Jargo, Fizan Abdullah & Meena Cherian
Volume 89, Number 8, August 2011, 565-572
Table 3. Human resources for surgery and anaesthesia in the Gambia, 2009
| Staff | Total | Public | Private |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 18) | (n = 12) | (n = 6) | |
| Surgeon physician | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Anaesthesiologist physician | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Obstetrician/gynaecologist | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| General doctors providing surgery | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| General doctors providing anaesthesia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Non-physician anaesthetists | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Surgical technician | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Paramedics/midwives | 88 | 61 | 27 |