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.

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…

Conversations with Hippocrates

Long before I had an inkling that I wanted to study medicine and then be a doctor, when becoming an orthopaedic surgeon was still occupied in that part of my brain by a desire to become a game ranger, I dislocated my right shoulder. The injury dated back from primary school and was recurrent, popping…