Mauritian medics and nurses are continuing to benefit from the skills of staff from Bradford hospitals.

Deputy Director of Medicine at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sulleman Moreea and nurse Nemia Domondo returned to the Indian Ocean island to carry out a third endoscopy workshop.

Dr Moreea provided endoscopy training to 17 endoscopists while Nemia helped train 15 nurses to assist in the advanced procedures.

Dr Moreea said: “This visit was one more step in the continuing relationship between Bradford Teaching Hospitals and our colleagues in Mauritius.

“The emphasis this year was threefold: firstly, to teach the basic skills of endoscopy to doctors from the five hospitals around the island. Each hospital’s team of doctors and nurses had a whole day of one-to-one training.

“Instead of the teams having to travel to the UK, we took the training to them with a view to standardised endoscopy throughout the island along the same lines as in the UK.

“Secondly, we helped the leading gastroenterologist Dr Farouk Bholah with his difficult cases.

“Thirdly, I was invited by the Mauritian Ministry of Health and Quality of Life to help in the development of future endoscopy units on the island with a long-term view of making Mauritius a centre of excellence in the Indian Ocean.

“It was a privilege and very satisfying indeed to be able to pass on our skills to a country which is really seizing the benefits which endoscopy can bring to its patients.”

During their seven-day visit, Dr Moreea also met with the Mauritian Prime Minister, who is keen for the Bradford-Mauritius link to continue.

Dr Moreea and fellow consultant Dr Conrad Beckett have been bringing new techniques of endoscopy to Mauritius by training staff since 2008.