As human beings we have an innate urge to resort to our normal behaviours in times of crisis and uncertainty. After all, normal is familiar, and normal is comfortable. The reality is that, our current definition of normal needs to…
I vaguely remember instances where I missed work because I was sick. A few hours snatched here and there to see a dentist, get that procedure done and then straight back to my rooms. Even the birth of my daughter…
Johannesburg, South Africa. Serving as the first-line response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a very challenging moment in our lives as healthcare professionals. Seeing our colleagues and patients succumb to the pandemic is strenuous to our psychological wellbeing and mental…
The career of my dreams happened. At 25 I was a doctor, the first in my clan, and with all the perks that come with it. You see achievement in our society is exactly that, graduated from medical school, years…
Seeking an outcome, I didn’t care much about the journey; Hours spent talking, chanting, researching and reading It was the medic in me’s comfort zone Zooming in, with time differences across the equator Knowledge was gained, confidence was built The…
Some days I wake up hopeless and despondent, Lacking the clinical drive and medical zeal to carry on Toiling and meandering in health systems inadequate I know fully well many are archaic But today I choose hope and not despair,…