i have already spoken about the hazards of doing favours , but recently i was reminded of another example when i was still a registrar where i only just escaped the proverbial falling anvil. it was not an unusual case but still fairly challenging for a...
Topics: colostomy, colostomy closure, surgical favours

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surgery is a nice mix of theory and practical, but, unlike many other fields in medicine, if you don't learn the practical, you will never be a good surgeon. i had an interesting baptism of fire in the trauma surgery division. when i joined the...
Topics: gunshot abdomen, ivc injury, surgical training

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a comment on my previous post by undead doctor , reminded me of another story about a lift in the old academic building in the old hospital. every morning all the registrars, medical officers and interns in the surgery department would meet in the...
Topics: lift, surgical training

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getting things done in south africa is subject to numerous unique frustrations, some of which i might have allured to in the past. one such typical case had to do with the lifts (elevators) in the old academic hospital in pretoria. the old academic...
Topics: south african surgery, surgical training

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i'm not comfortable with death. i usually meet it at the end of some life disaster like a car accident, a gunshot wound or a devastating cancer. the going gentle into that dark night i don't see too often. i suppose that's more the realm of...
Topics: life of a surgeon

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