Trial team
 


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Participating countries and
National Co-ordinators
Enquiries:
CRASH Trials Co-ordinating Centre
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7299 4684   
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7299 4663
CRASH@Lshtm.ac.uk

 

Last updated

THE TRIAL CO-ORDINATING TEAM WAS:
Haleema Shakur (trial manager from 2002)
Ian Roberts (clinical co-ordinator)
Phil Edwards (research fellow/programmer)
Maria Ramos (trial administrator)
Lin Barnetson (data manager from 2004)
Janice Fernandes (follow-up co-ordinator from 2001)
Donna Tooth (assistant trial co-ordinator from 2004)
Cari Free (Clinical Research Fellow)
Leena Narayanan (assistant programmer from 2003)
Johan Collander (trial assistant from 2002)
Julia Abernethy (trial assistant from 2004)
Josephine Bardswell (team secretary from 2003)
Nin Ritchie (trial manager to 2002)
Reshma Mashru (data manager to 2004)
Catherine Godward (follow-up co-ordinator to 2000)
Elizabeth Afolabi (assistant co-ordinator 2001 to 2003)
Adrian Ritchie (assistant programmer to 2003)
Tessa Hosford (trial assistant 2001 to 2002, assistant trial co-ordinator 2003 to 2004)
Shiela Pantrini (UK South nurse co-ordinator 2001 to 2002)
Sheila Massey (UK North nurse co-ordinator from 2001)
Amber Collingwood (team secretary 2001 to 2003)

 

MANAGEMENT GROUP (who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript):
Phil Edwards
Barbara Farrell
Gabrielle Lomas
Nin Ritchie (to 2002)
Ian Roberts
Peter Sandercock
Haleema Shakur (from 2002)
Graham Teasdale (to 1999)
David Yates (chair)
Jonathan Wasserberg

 

STEERING COMMITTEE:
Colin Baigent
Michael Bracken (to 2000)
David Chadwick (Chair)
Kevin Curley (2000-2001)
Lelia Duley (from 2000)
Barbara Farrell
Marcel Haegi (from 2000)
Gabrielle Lomas
Graham Nickson (2001-2002)
Richard Peto (to 2000)
John Pickard (from 2000)
Ian Roberts
Peter Sandercock (to 2000)
Graham Teasdale (to 1999)
Jonathan Wasserberg
David Yates

 

DATA MONITORING AND ETHICS COMMITTEE:
Rory Collins
Stephen Haines
Stephen MacMahon (Chair)
Charles Warlow (1999 to 2001)


 
Participating countries and National Co-ordinators
 
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil

Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
Ecuador
Egypt

Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Ivory Coast

Kenya
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Serbia & Montenegro
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
Vietnam

 

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Albania

Participating hospitals


National Trauma Centre Hospital, Tirana
University Hospital "Mother Teresa", Tirana



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Argentina

National Co-ordinator
Dr Roberto Lede
IAMBE
Av. Roque Saenz Pena 825, Piso 6
1035 Buenos Aires
Argentina
iambe@fibertel.com.ar

Roberto Lede
Participating hospitals


Hospital Castro Rendon, Neuquen
Hospital Dr Ramón Carillo, Buenos Aires
Hospital Escuela, Corriente
Hospital Español de Mendoza, Peia de Mendoza
Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires
Hospital José Penna, Buenos Aires
Hospital Municipal "Dr Leonidas Lucero", Buenos Aires
Hospital Municipal Dr Hector J D'Agnillo, Buenos Aires
Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires
Hospital San Bernardo, Salta
Hospital Zonal General de Agudos "Heroes de Malvinas", Buenos Aires
Policlinico Sofia T de Santamarina, Buenos Aires
Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires
Clínica Roca, Río Negro
Hospital San Vicente de Paul, Orán




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Australia

Participating hospital

Gold Coast Hospital, Southport Queensland


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Austria

Participating hospitals


Waldviertelklinikum Standort Horn
Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien




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Belgium

National Co-ordinator
Dr Guy Mazairac
Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur
185, Avenue Albert 1er
5000 Namur
BELGIUM
guy.mazairac@chrnamur.be

Guy Mazairac
Other participating hospitals


A.Z. Klina Hospital, Brasschaat
Hospital of Jolimont, La Louvière
Clinique Saint-Luc, Bouge



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Brazil

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango

National Co-ordinator
Dr Luiz Antonio Nasi
Hospital de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
BRAZIL
lnasi@terra.com.br

Luis Nasi
Other participating hospitals


Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo



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Chile

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Roberto Lede
IAMBE
Av. Roque Saenz Pena 825, Piso 6
1035 Buenos Aires
Argentina
iambe@fibertel.com.ar

Roberto Lede
Participating hospital


Hospital Regional Copiapo




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China

Participating hospitals


Zhongshan City People's Hospital
Sheng Zheng Second People's Hospital



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Colombia

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango
Other participating hospitals


Clinica General del Norte, Barranquilla
Clinica los Rosales, Pereira
Clinica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellin

Hospital Civil, Ipiales
Hospital Departamental De Pasto, Pasto
Hospital El Tunal, Bogota
Hospital Erasmo Meoz, Cucuta
Hospital Federico Lleras, Ibague
Hospital General De Medellin, Medellin
Hospital Regional De Duitama, Boyaca
Hospital San Andres, Tumaco
Hospital Timothy Britton, San Andrés
Hospital Universitario San Jorge, Pereira



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Costa Rica

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango
Participating hospital


Hospital México, San Jose



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Cuba

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango

National Co-ordinator
Dra Caridad Soler
csoler@infomed.sld.cu

Caridad Soler
Participating hospitals


Hospital Abel Santamaria Cuadrado, Pinar del Rio
Hospital Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro", Santa Clara
Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico "Docente Saturnino Lora", Santiago de Cuba
Hospital Universitario "Dr Gustavo Aldereguia Lima", Cienfuegos
Hospital Miguel Enriquez, Habana
Hospital VI Lenin, Holguin
Hospital General De Morón, Ciega de Avila
Hospital General Docente "Dr Agostinho Neto"

Hospital General Universitario "Carlos Manuel De Cespedes", Bayamo Granma
Centro De Investigaciones Médico-Quirúrgicas, Ciudad de la Habana
Hospital Provincial Docente "Manuel Ascunce Domenech", Camaguey



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Czech Republic

National Co-ordinator
MUDr Petr Svoboda
Research Institute for Special Surgery and Trauma
Ponavka 6
662 50 Brno
Moravia
CZECH REPUBLIC
p.svoboda@unbr.cz

Petr Svoboda
Other participating hospitals


Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem
Charles University Hospital, Plzen
University Hospital, Hradec Kralove
Hospital Pribram, Pribram
Univerzity Karlovy Neurochirurgicka Klinika, Praha



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Ecuador

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango

National Co-ordinator
Dr Mario Izurieta Ulloa
Hospital Luis Vernaza
Departamento de Emergencia
Julian Coronel Y Baquerizo Moreno
Guayaquil
ECUADOR
mizurieta@hotmail.com

Mario Izurieta Ulloa
Other participating hospitals


Clínica Central, Esmeraldas
Hospital Alcivar, Guayaquil

Hospital de la Policia, Guayaquil
Hospital de Niños Dr Roberto Gilbert, Guayaquil
Hospital Jose Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca
Hospital Naval, Guayaquil
Hospital Militar De Guayaquil
Hospital Regional del IESS "Dr Teodoro Maldonado Carbo", Guayaquil
Hospital Rodriguez Zambrano, Manta



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Egypt

Joint National Co-ordinator
Dr Hesham El-Sayed
Suez Canal University
Faculty of Medicine
Ismailia
Cairo

EGYPT
heshamel2002@yahoo.com

Hesham El-Sayed
Joint National Co-ordinator
Dr Hussein Khamis
Mataria Teaching Hospital
Department of Surgery
El Zaytoun
Mataria
Cairo

EGYPT
Husseinkhamis@hotmail.com
Hussein Khamis
Other participating hospitals


Aswan Teaching Hospital, Aswan
Zagazig University Hospital, Sharkia
Damanhour National Medical Institute, Behairah




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Georgia

Participating hospitals


Republican Hospital, Tbilisi
Tbilisi 4th Hospital



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Germany

Participating hospitals


Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald
Kreiskrankenhaus Tirschenreuth
Städtische Kliniken Offenbach am Main



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Ghana

Participating hospital


Narh-Bita Hospital, Tema



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Greece

Participating hospitals


University Hospital Of Ioannina
University General Hospital Of Larissa
Chania General Hospital ''St George''



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India

National Co-ordinator Northern India
Dr Mazhar Husein
King George Medical College
Chowk
Lucknow - 226003
INDIA
mazharhusain@hotmail.com

Mazhar Husein
National Co-ordinator Southern India
Dr N K Venkataramana
Manipal Hospital
Manipal Institute for Neurological Disorders
98 Rustom Bagh, Airport Road
Bangalore - 560017
Karnataka
India
mind99@vsnl.net
N K Venkataramana
Other participating hospitals


Abhaya Hospital, Bangalore
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Apex Hospital, Bhopal
Apex Hospital, Visakhapatnam
Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode
Burdwan Medical College Hospital, Burdwan
Care Hospital, Visakhapatnam
Central India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
G R Medical College, Gwalior
Government Medial College, Amritsar
Gowri Gopal Superspeciality Hospital, Kurnool
Hartej Maternity and Nursing Home, Amritsar
Hirabi Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Pune
Johari Hospital, Jabalpur
Jubilee Mission Hospital, Thrissur
Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal
Maheshwari Orthopaedic Hospital, Jamnagar
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Marble City Hospital & Research Centre, Jabalpur
Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum
Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi
Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre, Madurai
MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery
National Hospital, Jabalpur
National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
North Bengal Neuro Research Centre, Siliguri
NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
Sri Sai Hospital, Moradabad
V H S Hospital, Chennai



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Indonesia

National Co-ordinator
Dr Nyoman Golden
Sanglah General Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery
Denpasar
80223 Bali
INDONESIA
golden105@hotmail.com

Nyoman Golden
Other participating hospital


Kardinah Hospital, Java
Sidoarjo General Hospital



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Iran

Participating hospitals


Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Boushehr
Social Security Hospital, Boushehr
Naghavi University Hospital, Kashan



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Ireland

National Co-ordinator
Dr Patrick Plunkett
St James's Hospital
James's Street
Dublin 8
IRELAND

pplunkett@stjames.ie

Patrick Plunkett

 



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Italy

National Co-ordinator
Dra Maria Giuseppina Annetta
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Istituto di Anestesia e Rianimazione
Policlinico A. Gemelli
Largo Francesco Vito 1
00168 Roma
ITALY
mgannetta@tin.it

Other participating hospital


Università Di Firenze, Firenze


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Ivory Coast

Participating hospital


CHU de Cocody, Abidjan




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Kenya

Participating hospital


Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi



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Malaysia

National Co-ordinator
Dr Jafri Abdullah
Hospital University Science Malaysia
Neurosurgery High Dependency Unit (2 Delima)
Jalan Sultanah Zainab 2
Kubang Kerian
16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan
MALAYSIA
unitneurosainsppspusm@yahoo.com

Jafri Abdullah
Other participating hospital


Ipoh Specialist Hospital, Perak



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Mexico

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango
Participating hospitals


The American British Cowdray Medical Centre, Mexico City
Hospital General de Queretaro

Hospital General de Mexicali
Hospital General Regional No 25 ISSSTE, Naucalpn
Hospital General "1 de Octubre" ISSSTE, Las Salinas
Hospital Mocel, Chapultepec



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New Zealand

Participating hospital


Dunedin Hospital



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Nigeria

National Co-ordinator
Dr Edward O Komolafe
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals
Department of Surgery

Ile-Ife
Osun State
NIGERIA
adeyoyin2001@yahoo.com

Other participating hospitals


Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos
LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto



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Pakistan

Participating hospital


Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre


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Panama

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango
Participating hospitals


Complejo Hospitalario M A Guerrero, Colón
Complejo Hospitalario Metropolitano Dr Arnulfo Arias, Panama City



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Paraguay

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Roberto Lede
IAMBE
Av. Roque Saenz Pena 825, Piso 6
1035 Buenos Aires
Argentina
iambe@fibertel.com.ar

Roberto Lede
Participating hospital


Instituto de Prevision Social, Asuncion



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Peru

Regional Co-ordinator
Dr Miguel Fernando Arango
Clinica las Americas
Unidad De Cuidados Intensivos
Diagonal 75 B 2 A-80
Medellin
COLOMBIA
miguelfa@epm.net.co

Miguel Arango

National Co-ordinator
Dr Diana Rodríguez Hurtado
Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
Enrique Leon Garcia 410 Chama
Surco, Lima 33
PERU
dianarh@upch.edu.pe

Other participating hospitals


Hospital Emergencia "Jose Casimiro Ulloa", Miraplanes
Hospital Nacional "Dos de Mayo", Lima
Hospital "Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen", Lima
Hospital "Victor Ramos Guardia" de Huaraz
Hospital Nacional Hipólito Únanue, Lima
Hospital "Maria Auxiliadora", Lima



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Portugal

Participating hospital


Hospital Geral De Santo António, Porto



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Romania

National Co-ordinator
Dr Laura Balica
Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta Bucuresti
Emergency Medicine Department
Calea Floreasca nr.8
Sector 1, PO No. 41
71406 Bucaresti
ROMANIA
lbalica@hotmail.com

Laura Balica
Other participating hospitals


Sfantum Pantelimon Hospital, Bucharest
Prof. Dr D Bagdasar Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest



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Saudi Arabia

Participating hospitals


King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh
King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah



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Serbia & Montenegro

Participating hospital


Klinicki Centar Srbije, Beograd



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Singapore

National Co-ordinator
Dr James Siah Heng Tan
National Neuroscience Institute
Department of Surgery
11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng
308433 SINGAPORE
Siah_Heng_Tan@ttsh.gov.sg

James Tan

 



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Slovakia

National Co-ordinator
Dr Stefan Trenkler
Reiman Hospital
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine
Postgraduate Medical School
SK-081 81
Presov, Holleho 14
SLOVAKIA
trenkler@nsppresov.sk

Stefan Trenkler
Other participating hospitals


FnsP Kosice
Faculty Hospital in Martin
Nemocnica Bojnice
NsP F D Roosevelt, Banska Bystrica
NsP Liptovsky Mikulas
NsP Nové Zámky
NsP Poprad
NsP Ruzinov, Bratislava
NsP Trebisov
NsP Zilina



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South Africa

National Co-ordinator
Professor Bennie Hartzenberg
Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Private Bag X3
7505 Tygerberg
SOUTH AFRICA
HBH@gerga.sun.ac.za

Bennie Hartzenberg
Other participating hospitals


Nelspruit Medi Clinic, Nelspruit
Curamed Kloof Hospital, Pretoria



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Spain

National Co-ordinator
Dra Maria de los Angeles Muñoz Sanchez
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Servicio de Urgencia
Avda. Manuel Siurot S/N
Sevilla 41013
SPAIN
mmunoz@hvr.sas.junta-andalucia.es

Maria de los Angeles Muñoz Sanchez
Other participating hospitals


Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almeria
Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona
Hospital Mútua De Terrassa, Barcelona
Hospital Carlos Haya, Malaga
Hospital Universitario De Girona Dr Josep Trueta, Girona
Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos
Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Victoria, Malaga
Hospital General De La Palma, Breña Alta, La Palma




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Sri Lanka
Participating hospital


Point-Pedro Base Hospital



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Switzerland

National Co-ordinators
Dr Reto Stocker and Silke Ludwig
University Hospital of Zurich
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
B-Hof 110, Ramistrasse 100
8091 Zurich
SWITZERLAND
silke.ludwig@chi.usz.ch

Silke Ludwig
Other participating hospitals


Kantonsspital Schaffhausen
University Hospital Bern



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Thailand

National Co-ordinator
Dr Surakrant Yutthakasemsunt
Khon Kaen Regional Hospital
Surgical Unit
Srijan Road, Amphur Muang
40000 Khon Kaen
THAILAND
surakrant@ego.co.th

Other participating hospitals

Chaopraya-Aphaiphubes Hospital
Chaoprayayomraj Hospital
Chiangrai Prachanuko Hospital
Krabi Hospital
Lampang Hospital
Mahasarakham Hospital
Phranangklao Hospital
Phrapogklao Hospital
Rayong Hospital
Roi-et Hospital
Song Khla Hospital
Suratthani Hospital
Trang Hospital
Yasothorn Hospital



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Tunisia

National Co-ordinator
Dr Zouheir Jerbi
Hospital Habib Thameur
Emergency and Critical Care Department
Rue Ali Ben Ayed
Montfleury, Tunis
TUNISIA
zouheir.jerbi@rns.tn

Zouheir Jerbi

 




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Uganda

Participating hospital


Makerere Medical School, Kampala



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United Kingdom

National Co-ordinator
Dr Rowley Cottingham
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
East Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
rowley@cix.co.uk

Rowley Cottingham
Participating hospitals


Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham
Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal Hospital, Chesterfield
Colchester General Hospital, Colchester
Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester
Darent Valley Hospital, Dartwood
Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne
Fairfield General Hospital, Bury
Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness
Hope Hospital, Manchester
Medway Maritime Hospital, Medway
Ninewells Hospital And Medical School, Dundee
North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Ormskirk And District General Hospital, Ormskirk
Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan
Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley
Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
Trafford General Hospital, Manchester
Whiston Hospital, Prescot
Whittington Hospital, London
Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest
Worthing Hospital, Worthing



Vietnam

Participating hospital


Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City