Vaccines – a victim of its on effectiveness

The other day, J. was discussing the recent flu vaccine with his cousin who said that “vaccines are not really necessary now, right? there’s not a lot of these diseases around anyway”.
Sarcastic analogy time!
You know, J. believes that proper sewerage systems are overrated and a waste of money. Look around you now. What is the [...]

First Impressions – Not Stepping Up to the Plate = BAD

A new medical officer (NMO) joined the department and was assigned to a surgical team. An experienced medical officer (EMO1) was on call for the operating room call (this MO stays in the OT/OR, does the small cases like amputations, saucerisations and appendicectomies, as well as assisting in larger cases like laparotomies) on the same [...]