EFSTH TV

06/08/2025

CHIEF METRON OF EFSTH.

06/08/2025

06/08/2025

Live at EFSTH ,Banjul.
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06/08/2025

One-Day Validation Workshop Program Schedule
Draft CPD Curriculum for Neonatal Nurses - EFSTH
Date: 5th August, 2025
Venue: UTG Conference Hall
Chairperson: Mr. Ousman Cham

Professor .Dr.Haddy Bah Tunkara.

06/08/2025

Group discussions
Proff,Jainaba

06/08/2025

Group discussions ongoing .

03/08/2025

Basic Emergency Care Course (28th July – 1st August 2025)

This intensive course is designed to enhance capacity in the initial assessment and management of trauma and critically ill patients, in alignment with WHO emergency care standards.

On behalf of the Hospital Management and the leadership at Ndemban, we extend our sincere gratitude to The Gambia Emergency and Trauma Care Collaboration for supporting this valuable initiative and historic milestone.

03/08/2025

Triage Training course at Ndemban,EFSTH.

29/07/2025

Special Report:
No patient should leave the hospital for lack of basic needs Says EFSTH CMD
Jul 29, 2025, 11:48 AM | Article By: Sheriff JANKO

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) has spoken highly of the ongoing developments taking shape at the country’s main referral hospital, acknowledging that they have a vision, which is to ensure no patient leaves the facility for lack of basic needs.

Dr Mustapha Bittaye, who was speaking in an exclusive interview with The Point, also revealed that when he took over he found out the hospital was highly indebted, as “it was just increasing every day”.

Dr Bittaye, who once served the country’s director of Health Services, is also familiar with operations at the hospital, an institution he once trained.

28/07/2025

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28/07/2025

Triage Training Course Week 1 (22nd to 25th July 2025)
With the support of The Gambia Emergency and Trauma Care Collaboration, the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) has successfully conducted the first week of a critical Triage Training Course at the Ndeban Bakau Centre. This initiative forms part of a broader effort to strengthen emergency response mechanisms and improve the hospital's triage system.
The training equipped participants with essential knowledge and practical skills to triage patients effectively based on urgency and clinical need. A multidisciplinary team including senior consultants, consultants, residents, medical officers, nurses, orderlies, security personnel, and ambulance drivers benefited from intensive sessions on two internationally recognized tools:

The Integrated Interagency Triage Tool (IITT)

Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT)

These tools are designed to streamline and standardize triage processes, enabling prompt and appropriate care for all patients, especially in high-demand emergency settings.
This course represents a major step towards enhancing the quality and responsiveness of emergency healthcare services in The Gambia.

(Apologies for the delayed update but this is the concept we are building on.)

25/07/2025

Progress ongoing every minute at EFSTH

Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) Course Conducted at UTG – 23–24 July 2025
A ETAT course was conducted to strengthen paediatric emergency care capacity among healthcare workers. The training brought together doctors and nurses from the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), including teams from the paediatric department, paediatric surgery, intensive care unit (ICU), and family medicine. Participants also joined from Kanifing General Hospital—where ETAT was successfully implemented from March to May 2025—and from Bansang General Hospital, where the program is scheduled to begin later this year.
The course was facilitated by a team of certified national ETAT instructors from the Paediatric Department of EFSTH, Kanifing General Hospital, and the Ministry of Health (MoH) The Gambia. It was led by Dr. Musa Jaiteh, senior resident in the EFSTH paediatric department.
Participants were introduced to the principles of ETAT, a WHO-recommended approach for the rapid identification and management of critically ill children. They were trained in triaging children based on the severity of their symptoms and introduced to a structured algorithm for the assessment and emergency treatment of the main causes of childhood mortality: severe respiratory distress, coma, convulsions, shock, and severe dehydration.
A participant reflected:
“It was an excellent training where I gained knowledge, and learned practical and technical skills to execute quick and timely emergency care.”
The two-day course combined interactive lectures, practical skills stations, and simulation-based scenarios, equipping participants with the knowledge and confidence to implement ETAT in clinical practice.