MAKING SURGERY SAFE IN MONGOLIA

Anaesthetists used to be considered non-essential in Mongolia’s health care system, but a collaboration with Australian specialists is reducing surgical mortality rates

By Dr Amanda Baric and Associate Professor David Pescod, University of Melbourne

For decades, anaesthesia training in Mongolia has been neglected. As recently as the 1980s there was limited formal academic training for anaesthetists, with the country’s few specialists passing on their imperfect knowledge ‘on the job’.

For surgery patients, this meant more risks and, in some rural hospitals, enduring a procedure without any anaesthetic.

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Making surgery safe in Mongolia