16 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2015 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2015: AGW/WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events WGO Khartoum Training Center Inauguration Day Abdelmounem Eltayeib Abdo, MD WGO Khartoum Training Center Director Sudanese Society of Gastroenterology Khartoum, Sudan Eamonn Quigley, MD WGO Foundation Chairman Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology The Methodist Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College Houston, USA The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) inaugurated the first in a series of Training Centers to be launched in 2015. Under the leadership of Dr. Abdelmounem Eltayeib Abdo, the WGO Khartoum Training Center was inaugurated on 10 January 2015. The ceremony was held at Ibn Sina Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The Training Center is located at the Emergency GIT Bleeding Centre at Ibn Sina Hospital. The Bleeding Centre is named after its founder, Mohamed Salih Idris, who has most generously worked to translate the dream of his good friend Professor Suliman S. Fedail into a splendid reality. Professor Fedail is a pioneer of gastroenterology in Sudan and a well-recognized international figure in gastroenterology. He served as the head of the Sudanese National Center for Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases (NCGLD) and was also one of the first recipients of the Masters of the WGO Award. Training Center Director, Dr. Abdelmounem Abdo said that “The Vice President of the Sudanese Society, Professor Fedail, delivered a talk stating the role of the society in training and improving the quality of gastroenterology service to Sudanese patients. We managed during the launching of the center to run nine training endoscopy stations simultaneously with the help of endoscopy companies. In addition to our unit facilities, three units were in the simulation center. Later the center organized three endoscopy and one laparoscopy workshops.” Ibn Sina Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital focused on three specialties: Gastroenterology (GI), Nephrology- Urology, and Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT). The establishment of the GI unit at Ibn Sina Hospital was a cornerstone in the development of gastroenterology services in Sudan. The unit was accredited and designated as the National Center WGO Khartoum Training Center Director, Professor Abdelmounem Eltayeib Abdo with WGOF Chairman, Professor Eamonn Quigley. for Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases (NCGLD) and most of the staff running the GI services in different regions of Sudan have been trained in this unit. Through the efforts of Professor Fedail, many of the center’s staff have had opportunities to train abroad in countries such as South Africa, Germany, France, UK, and Japan. The Khartoum Training Center is recognized as one of the few wellestablished centers in central Africa, especially considering the shortage of ERCP services in the region. The center is a collaboration between WGO, private sponsors, such as Mohamed Salih Idris and the Ministry of Health of the government of Sudan, and foreign contributors, like the Japanese and Swedish governments. It will be affiliated with the Sudanese Medical Specialization Board and NCGLD at Ibn Sina Hospital, and supported by the Sudanese Society of Gastroenterology. Representing WGO at the January inauguration was WGO Foundation Chairman Professor Eamonn Quigley, who stated “that the Khartoum Training Center should be established in the Ibn Sina Hospital is a fitting testament to the successes that have already been achieved in delivering the highest quality
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