to the following new centres with ethics approval, who are now ready to start randomising patients:
- Ernesto Piferrer Ruiz in Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente “Saturnino Lora”, Cuba
- Maria Victoria de la Torre Prados in Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Spain
- George Nakos in University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
- Keith Hickling in Gold Coast Hospital, Australia
- Luiz Nasi in Hospital de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Ivan Schwendt in NsP Poprad, Slovakia
- Charlotte Sadowski in University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Warmest welcome to all and a special welcome to 'new countries' Australia and Brazil who will bring the country total up to 28.
Congratulations
also to Olive Kobusingye and team in Makerere Medical School, Uganda,
for randomising their first patient and to Karina Surt and team in
Hospital Escuela, Argentina, for enrolling 10 patients into the trial.
We extend our special thanks and congratulations to Miguel Arango and team in Clinica las Americas, Colombia, and Jafri Abdullah and team in Hospital University Science Malaysia for enrolling 50 patients into the trial.
Extra special congratulations to Bennie Hartzenberg and team in Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa, for enrolling their 100th patient.
Above all, the unbeatable
team of Petr Svoboda and Jiri Ochmann in Research Institute for Special
Surgery and Trauma in the Czech Republic have now recruited
300 patients
- a fantastic achievement and an outstanding contribution to the success
of the CRASH Trial. Many, many congratulations!
