General surgery in Paramaribo University Hospital

Specific health problems in Suriname include high prevalence of infections, mostly gastrointestinal infections in young children, malaria and injuries due to violence. The public health care and medical and surgical training are hampered by a lack of funds, as are most things in the country. Relatively much of the surgery in Paramaribo University Hospital in 1991-1998 was performed because of complications of a diabetic foot (128.17 percent) and breast lessions (76.10 percent). No scientific research is being carried out either in the hospital or at the Faculty of Anton de Kom University. Retrospective registration of operations may give a new impulse to scientific research. (AU)