October 3rd, 2009 by Bongi in Better Health Network, True Stories
Tags: Acute Abdomen, Diaphragm, Free-Air, Incompetence, Medical Student, Radiology, South Africa, Surgyer, Training, X-ray
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Some things make me feel so powerless (yes, even i can be powerless in the face of incompetence).
I have previously mentioned a thing or two about my opinion of where medical training is going in this country. Basically the powers that be are not-so-gradually degrading the degree. To them somehow it seems like a good idea. Ideas I suppose can easily seem good when you are safely hidden away in your nice air conditioned office far from the reality of the consequences of essentially negligent doctors released into the community. Well I get to see the consequences up close.
He was referred from an outlying hospital on a Friday. The peripheral hospitals so like to empty their wards for the weekend. After all there is some good fishing in these parts. Thank goodness for good fishing. Otherwise many more would die unnecessarily. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at other things amanzi*
October 1st, 2009 by Dr. Val Jones in Humor, True Stories
Tags: Battle Of The Bulge, Diet and Nutrition, Fast Food, Ice Cream, McDonald's, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, Portion Size, Portions, Weight Loss
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I was hanging out with my friend and fellow blogger, Dr. Ted Eytan this evening. We were talking about the problem of overweight and obesity in America and he showed me this iPhone image of a small and large ice-cream cone that he and his friend bought at McDonald’s recently. He asked me to try to figure out which was which.
Sometimes a picture’s worth 1000 words…
October 1st, 2009 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, True Stories
Tags: Depression, Mental Health, Military, Psychiatry, Psychology, Soldiers, Suicidality, Suicide
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This topic has become more real for my family. My first cousin’s son-in-law committed suicide this past weekend. He had had difficulty adjusting since his return from Iraq, but the family was still caught off-guard. If you can make it any worse, he chose his wife’s birthday to take his life. Fortunately, neither she nor their toddler son was home at the time.
The issue of soldier suicide concerns many. Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, Arkansas’ National Guard Adjutant General, recently made a public plea for help asking family members, friends and employers of the state’s 10,000 Guardsmen to watch for personality changes or signs of stress overwhelming his soldiers and airmen. There has been four suicides in Arkansas Guardsmen since January.
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*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
September 27th, 2009 by Bongi in Better Health Network, True Stories
Tags: Child Murdered, Child Murdered By Father, Family Murder, Murder, South Africa, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
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Of the things I encounter in my work, the one I find most disturbing is family murders. For some reason they happen with too much frequency in our country. It seems that some people, when life is too much for them are not happy to only put a bullet through their own head, but they feel the need to wipe out their entire family first. In my opinion it is a dastardly and cowardly act for which there is no excuse…ever.
The last one I was indirectly involved in was a typical story of a man that had lost it. He killed himself. But just before doing that he shot his wife and two children. His little girl made it to the hospital. I was asked to evaluate her, but she died before I even got to her. I was so disturbed I decided I didn’t want to see the body. I did, however see the scan. Besides the two bullet wounds through the head, the thing that struck me most were the two hair clips clearly visible on the scan in her hair on the back of her head. it was somehow disturbingly poignant and it stayed with me for some time.
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*This blog post was originally published at other things amanzi*
September 26th, 2009 by KerriSparling in Better Health Network, Humor, True Stories
Tags: Accident, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Patient, Raspberry, Type 1 Diabetes, Ulcer
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You know you’re a diabetic when … you see what appears to be this:
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*This blog post was originally published at Six Until Me.*
