Health care workers are at breaking point. So when someone says Covid-19 does not exist it hurts..
Burials: We can’t keep up!
Circles of Light
Surgery is a privileged profession, one which captivates and entrances. It is also a demanding discipline where failure stabs at your heart with no forgiveness. But this morning I was captivated by the lights.
H.O.P.E.
Even as the postcards started arriving the signs of the second surge were present. The statistics are anywhere to be found but a retired colleague of my brother has done his own programming and has a useful site to look at the numbers if you need to: https://www.covibes.org Back to the postcards. They are being collected…
A Note for Future Generations
Covid-19 is still with us. The South African curve is not flattening, and the number of new cases and deaths continues to rise. I am seeing my first Covid-19 positive patient at Netcare Kingsway Hospital. He is fortunately well. Unfortunately the surgery for his broken arm will be delayed for two weeks. I am not prepared…
A New Sense of Responsibility
Surgery is a privileged profession in so many ways. But under the cloud of Covid-19 I discovered a new profound privilege. I had to operate on a 16 year old girl. She had injured her knee before lockdown and we had planned a knee ligament reconstruction. She was due to come into Kingsway Hospital with…
So Now Your Hospital is Open…
The seven days that Netcare Kingsway Hospital was closed completely became a long week. There were moments of self-doubt. Finding calm in the moments that made up the closure of our community hospital was difficult. I was paralyzed during the week my hospital was closed. I limited my news intake, and as I don’t use…
The Simple Truth About Nurses
Dear Nurses In another world I would have been an engineer sitting behind a computer solving other management problems. But thanks to an inspirational ICU nurse I changed from engineering to medicine. Now in this world, as a doctor, I am a humble part of the team at Kingsway Hospital that is managing the Covid-19…
Stay safe..
Dear Nurses I am so proud of all of you. You have applied yourself to everything that is new. You have patiently listened as we explain protocol after protocol, and then frustrated you by changing it the next day. I am proud of how you showed care to my 99-year-old patient whose hair is perfectly coiffed and…
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