Prof Shafi Ahmed

20/02/2023

98% of junior doctors have voted to strike for 72 hrs in March.

They have my support as they did in 2016.

I was fortunate to address the large crowd in Westminster to voice senior support for their fight for better pay and working conditions.

19/02/2023

It was amazing to be with the entire team from Arab Health.

19/02/2023

It was a pleasure to attend Arab Health in Dubai last month on behalf of Aimedis and the Association of British Health Tech Industries.

I gave keynotes on the Future of Healthcare and the worlds first Health Metaverse.

19/02/2023

I was delighted to deliver the opening keynote at the Health Tech stage at the LEAP event.

My talk was titled "Avalon - The worlds first health Metaverse"

LEAP had over 170000 attendees over the 4 days woth over 300 000 registrations.

19/02/2023

In 2001 Jacques Marescaux performed the world's first remote surgery. A 68 year old women had her gallbladder removed in Strasbourg, France operated by the surgeon in New York. The surgery was conducted over high speed fibreoptic connections. This momentous event was called Operation Lindbergh.

Fast forward 22 years to China.

Liang Xiao, a surgeon, carries out a gallbladder operation through a 5G-powered and four-arm endoscopic model robot, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Feb 16, 2023.

With the help of a 5G-powered robot, a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province successfully removed a gallbladder on Thursday from a patient in the city of Aral, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, some 4,650 kilometers away.

I knew it would only be a matter of time before this happened as 5G offers high speed transfer and an ultra low latency.

With the help of a 5G-powered robot, a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province successfully removed a gallbladder on Thursday from a patient in the city of Aral, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, some 4,650 kilometers away.

09/01/2023

I look forward to continuing to work with Vodafone in 2023 as the Ambassador for Connected Health. The Centre for Health has been set up as a collaboration of Vodafoen and Deloitte and I am proud to be a board member.