Head of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Walter Sisulu University and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, since 2014, previously a senior specialist in the ICU at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital since 2007. The work encompasses Anaesthesiology and ICU, outreach services to support surgical work in the regional and district hospitals in the Eastern Cape’s OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo regions. My role includes advisory to the Department of Health and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in matters related to Safe Surgery, Critical Care and Post graduate specialist training in the region.