Trauma management initiative by Sri Lanka Military Corps and Singapore General Hospital

SingHealth in collaboration with Delmege – Healthcare Division has taken the initiative to conduct a workshop in Sri Lanka focusing on trauma management for the Sri Lankan armed forces.

The main workshop was held on 26 July. The event is coordinated by Major General Dr. Sanjeeva Munasinghe – Army Hospital and Medical Advisor to Commander of the Army - Sri Lanka Army along with the patronage of Professor Tay Boon Keng, Chairman Medical Board – International, SingHealth who delivered the welcome address and introduction to the program respectively. The forum was organised by Delmege Forsyth & Co. Ltd. – Healthcare Division due to its insightful understanding of post-war rehabilitation needs of those affected in the armed forces during the civil war.

Major General Dr. Sanjeeva Munasinghe mentioned that this was a very rare opportunity to capture all the medical staff within the Sri Lankan armed forces in one session and said it was a great opportunity to have all stakeholders within the medical system of the military involved to understand the process of the management of trauma.

It has been a longstanding need to help personnel of the armed forces who have been affected by the war to live normal lives through rehabilitation. Trauma management is a collaborative effort which has different functionalities in handling a patient’s physical and mental wellbeing.

One of the objectives of the program is to create better awareness on trauma management within the medical profession and knowledge-sharing, helping those affected to be better prepared for disaster management.  As the principal coordinator, the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corp invited the three armed forces and the police department to participate in this program. Due to the magnitude of the program, SingHealth flew down specialized medical consultants and paramedical stuff, who conducted the workshop to over 100 service personnel which includes medical doctors and nursing staff.

The Trauma Workshop was conducted by Prof. Anantharaman on Emergency Medicine – Trauma Management, Prof. Andrew Tan, Dr. Sean, Prof. Arjandas, Dr. Goh Yaw Chong on Orthopaedic, Dr. Leo Kah Woon, Prof. Tan Kok Chai, Prof. Foo Chee Liam on Reconstruction whereas the Nursing and Allied Health Workshop comprised topics such as nursing management of chest trauma, physiotherapy management post trauma and fracture and nursing management.

This event was conducted by SingHealth as a part of its continuous medical programmes, and would be the first of many such collaborative events that would take place in the future.

The SingHealth Group is a part of the Ministry of Health Singapore. Singapore General Hospital is a subsidiary of the SingHealth Group. SGH is Singapore’s flagship hospital with a history and tradition of medical excellence spanning two decades. SGH is dedicated to providing multidisciplinary medical care and backed by state-of-the-art facilities. SGH offers quality patient care that is widely acknowledged to be amongst the best in the world.

Delmege Healthcare is the local representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives for the SingHealth Group who promotes healthcare facilities to those who wish to obtain treatment from the SingHealth Group which consists of Singapore General Hospital, KK Hospital for Women & Children, National Heart Institute for Singapore, Singapore National Eye Center, National Cancer Center, national Neuroscience Institute and National Dental Center Singapore.