Manish Kaushal Kumar

• Acquired comprehensive experience in maternal, child, and emergency adult care and SOPD care.
• Executed emergency management, ensuring effective stabilization and referral processes.
• Delivered inpatient and outpatient care
• Performed procedural skills including pleural tapping, ascitic tapping, knee tapping, intubation, and catheterization, and delivery

Clinical Experience- Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Focus Research Experience

• Rotated through major specialties at a tertiary hospital (CWMH), including Anaesthesia and ICU, developing strong skills in airway management, peri-operative care, resuscitation, and haemodynamic monitoring.
• Gained hands-on procedural experience in endotracheal intubation, central venous access, arterial sampling, and critical care monitoring.
• Worked with SSSMC Paediatric Cardiac Team, providing pre- and post-operative care for congenital heart disease patients, enhancing understanding of cardiac physiology and post-operative ICU management.
• Completed 3-month rural attachment (Lau Group – Lakeba) managing acute emergencies in resource-limited setting; coordinated emergency retrievals and stabilization prior to transfer.
• Developed SOPs for NCD management, emergency trauma assessment, and patient transfer logistics; adapted RHD and NCD guidelines to local context.
• Initiated multidisciplinary ward rounds to improve continuity of care and escalation pathways.
• Collaborated with IPC Unit at CWMH to improve vaccination uptake among interns/students and strengthen needle-stick injury reporting and response systems.
• Conducted internship research on Maternal Syphilis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes (stillbirth, low birth weight, preterm birth); recognised as Top Research by Fiji Human Health Research & Ethics Committee.
• Presented at Medical Internship Research Presentation (2024), MOHMS Research Symposium (2025), and Pacific Pediatric Association Conference (2025).
• Responsible for research protocol drafting, data analysis, identification of clinical risk factors, and presentation of findings to national stakeholders.