International Committee Project: BSG President meets Bangladesh Prime Minister
Dr Cathryn Edwards, President of the British Society of Gastroenterology, welcomed the opportunity to meet with Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh today. Dr Edwards explained the importance of the BSG in the UK, and its role in contributing to the delivery of training and clinical best practice standards in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, along with facilitating specialty research.
The BSG has established strong links with the Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society (BGS) over the past seven years. It has recently agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society with the aim of supporting BGS colleagues to establish a National Training Programme for Endoscopy based at the Sheikh Rasel GastroLiver Institute & Hospital at Mohakhali in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Committee Project: Using UK expertise to facilitate setting up for colorectal cancer screening programme in Basra, Iraq
A BSG-funded project led by Professor Laith Al-Rubaiy, Zonal Lead for Middle East and North Africa, BSG International Committee; Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Mark’s Hospital, London.
International Committee Project: Developing Training and Research for MAgnetic-controlled Capsule Endoscopy (TARMAC) for the UGI tract
A BSG International funded project undertaken by Professor Mark McAlindon and Dr Priya Oka, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
International Committee Project: BSG President meets Bangladesh Prime Minister
Dr Cathryn Edwards, President of the British Society of Gastroenterology, welcomed the opportunity to meet with Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh today.