Should the MO’s call room have ASTRO?
The room was quiet. Becks put the ball on the spot. Took five steps back. It seemed an eternity. Suddenly all our bleeps went off in synchrony, “CARDIAC ARREST, CORONARY CARE UNIT; CARDIAC ARREST,...
View ArticleConcern over Russian and Ukraine Med Schools II
Ahmad (not his real name) was stiff as a log by the time I was referred to him, more of a cadaver than a human being in distress. It was not difficult to see why. The first house officer was breaking...
View ArticleFarewell MJ
The morning got off to a bad start. The website was down as the MySQL server had caught H1N1 I guess. Then the depressing news that Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has passed on. We don’t know the...
View ArticleH1N1 – the testing confusion
I think there are mixed signals about testing coming out from the MOH especially when there were earlier media reports about the Health Minister encouraging doctors to use the “rapid test”. The Star...
View ArticleGovernment Doctors Salary
I came across Dr. Pagavalan’s recent post on Government Doctors Salary. Things have improved over the years but in comparison with the rest of the real world, the salary is hardly competitive to keep...
View ArticleBut what happens when the HOs become MOs?
Further to the discussion on Houseman training and the complaints of “hardship” that are emerging in the press, I would like to highlight a letter CWD wrote to the NST yesterday THE death of Dr Danny...
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