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Doctor’s diary – The days I don’t like my job.
She penned a couple of friends saying: ‘This is one of the days I don’t like my job —my legs are jelly —yet I have to pretend all is well, put up a brave face and carry on as normal. This particular one hits hard. Ask God for strength for me please ‘ Yes, that …
Structural Inequalities and Sickle Cell Disease
This year 2021 has witnessed the recent COVID-19 pandemic elucidating a large societal ill of structural and ethnic inequalities. The events encompassing the murder of George Floyd and resulting protests have also once again brought racism and inequality to the forefront of the political and social agendas.1 Consequently, the past year has seen great attention paid …
“Representation is everything”
It occurred to me during my evening home commute, New York Times’ “Modern Love” podcast in tow – which by the way I highly recommend – the now too familiar autumn rain blurring headlights, a sign of the steady row of traffic ahead, that today was indeed the eve of the conclusion of the ‘Black …
Physician, heal thyself
Physician heal thyself is a phrase lifted from the Bible – Luke 4:23 to be precise. This phrase has since been taken out of its original context and used in various ways. The most literal of these being to advise healthcare professionals to look after themselves. Now this raises the question – “why do healthcare workers …