I’m tired

Work. Sleep. Work again. Nurses getting frustrated with doctors, and doctors with nurses. Annoyed with the system, too little of everything. Nothing where it should be. Running around looking for what you need. No doctor you can’t take that Rh kit to labour ward, the sisters there must order it for themselves, if you take [...]

Troubled teens and kids

“On My Own © Melina Hanoum   I miss the two things I once had One my mom and two my dad My dad I was always close to And my mom my best friend But then one day it all came to an end when the devil came into their lives there was nothing [...]

Internship

The following story sounds all too familiar… http://www.medicalprotection.org/southafrica/junior-doctor/issue-2/when-the-zombie-saw-the-angel

Forgiveness

Learn to pray “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” – Jesus at his crucifixion. Somebody at our old church, CRC Pretoria, preached this statement once. It goes a little past the usual “Learn to forgive” that everyone always uses on the topic. I should remember it more in the medical world, [...]

Nurses at Kalafong

I think they care about the patients. At least some of them do. But why do so many of these patients complain about them all the time? Why is it that patients have to wait several hours sometimes just to be helped to the bathroom? Why are so many of them full of pressure sores [...]