Worldwide access to quality surgical services | Jenny Dankelman | TEDxDelft

One day Jenny Dankelman read an article about women in Africa who had been abandoned by their communities. Due to a lack of proper medical equipment, complications during childbirth had left these women incontinent or handicapped, which led to them being abandoned. Jenny proposes a radical idea to provide safe surgery in developing countries.

Jenny is a Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Intervention Techniques at TU Delft. Since 1990 she has been busy designing novel medical instruments. Safe surgical care is a topic she holds dear, and she’s astonished at the extent to which it is still lacking in some parts of the world.

The emergence of minimally invasive surgery, also known as keyhole surgery, marked a revolution in the operating theater. Dankelman, Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Intervention Techniques at TU Delft, was at the forefront of it. She has been designing novel medical instruments since the 1990s, including training and simulation systems to teach doctors how to use these, and systems to optimize patient safety in operating theaters. With such a background, it is not surprising that Dankelman’s favorite TED talk is on a medical subject. It is by Dr. Jill Taylor, a neuroanatomist, who describes her personal experience of a left hemisphere stroke.

[jorisjaspers]

Jenny proposes a really important and sustainable topic here.Let's Co-Innovate together with professionals from developing coutries to make surger safer and affordable for them.