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Secret Doctor's Diary
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A hospital doctor working in an NHS Hospital in England opens up his heart. He shares his thoughts which sometimes should not be spoken.
- Added on: Jun 5th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: secretdoctorsdiary
- Listed in: Medicine
- Tags: doctor diary NHS
Recent Posts
The King Is Dead! Long Live The King!
Last night, news of Michael Jackson's death broke out. It was reported that he had a "cardiac arrest" & that doctors had spent over an hour resuscitating him.I have been team leader for countless resucitation attempts over the years & have a...
Grumpy Old Man- My consultant
"Doctor, this patient wants to be seen by you". I was in the middle of clinic when the nurse barged in & dumped a giant set of notes on my desk. "Mrs Cook does not want to see the consultant". My consultant, nicknamed "Grumps", short for "Grumpy...
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"Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last"Marcus AureliusAs a doctor, death is no stranger for me. But even for me, every so often, something touches me & I am reminded of the frailty of life. Recently...
What is the point?
A waste of a life, a waste of time & a waste of resources. That's how I would describe one of my patients, Paul.Paul is a 32 year-old drug addict living in the rough. He has injected heroin through his veins everyday for the last 12 years. Last y...
It is not what you know, But what you read that matters
This weekend, I bought the "Telegraph" instead of my usual copy of "The Times". From reading the Telegraph, one would never realise that Britain was in the midst of a recession. The weekend section features trans-alantic sailing on its front page whi...
Why I'm running the 10K
Why have I signed up to run 10 kilometres? Let's say I was scared into it. That's right, scared!Yesterday, I was analysing the results of several patients' exercise tests. In the test, the patient walks on a threadmill whilst attached to an ECG (EKG)...
