Organizing Technology Transfer by Foreign Medical Teams for Reduction of the Global Geographical Discrepancy of Cardiac Surgical Care

According to the information provided by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland, the annual number of cardiac surgical procedures performed in the National Health Service hospitals ranged between 35000 & 40000 over the period of 2010-201312. Authors' Background With the capacity of the International Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association and the Coordinator of Foreign Training at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), the corresponding author was involved with hosting 14 foreign medical teams visiting Bangladesh for technology transfer between 1996 and 2013 (Table 1). Data from different visits were compiled from personal records, hospital official figures, government statistics, and other sources. [...]World country hospitals are often disorganized and not aware of their actual deficiencies.