Aneurin Bevan and the Birth of the NHS
The NHS has been in the news a lot lately, and not for the right reasons. Winter bed emergencies, the junior doctors contract dispute, student nurses bursaries, and the widespread funding crisis are constantly making front-page news. The sight of junior doctors on a...
Dealing With Death
Recently I’ve been thinking about death and how death influences and affects us at each stage of our career. When I was a medical student, I was involved in a resuscitation for a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest. The event was traumatic; I performed...
Learning Resilience in a Fast-Paced World
The world we live in has never moved as fast as it does now….. Changes are happening all around us at a great pace….. Who would have imagined 5 years ago that the worlds largest taxi company would own no taxis (Uber)? or that the largest telecommunication...
Overcome the Odds and Achieve Your GOALS!
Have you ever had a goal that you wanted to achieve so badly, that you would do whatever it takes to achieve it? That is the sum of my story of becoming a doctor, in 23 words. Growing up in the poverty stricken and gang infested streets of Shreveport, Louisiana, the...
