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Category: Health
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One Confirmed Hit Covid-19 Had on Me.
Know Your Body. I woke up… or more accurately, it woke me up; The Covid Fever. Six days earlier, it had been giving hints but coinciding with my period, I did not think much of it. In fact, for me, it was not uncommon to have some malaise and discomfort around this time. But, this…
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Going Off the Typical Career Paths for Medical Doctors in Nigeria.
I am a medical doctor. If you are one too or you are close to one or two, you’d be aware of the trajectories that form the usual career paths for doctors, especially in Nigeria. I. Graduate from medical school: This is after 6-10 years (plus 5 more in some cases😨). Years in which scoring…
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House: Caring for Women in OnG.
Dear Husbands, This brings me to another point. Men and women, listen up. Husbands need to be there for their wives during pregnancy, labor and in the first few months after delivery. These women have a stretch of 12-15 months in which they have to cater for some other entity that is not in…
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House: Is it Worth Being Houseofficers?
Houseofficers are rarely asked, “Why did you not go home when ‘everyone’ was asking you to go home?” The other day at the gynae emergency, it was past 4 pm and this particular houseofficer was not on call. Earlier, she had seen a patient but was yet to review the patient with the SR. She…
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House: The One We Lived at Work 13.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READY AND AVAILABLE. IT SAVES LIVES. In our wonderful Nigerian system, an equipment or requirement is only available when you can confirm that you saw it with your two eyes and maybe even touched it with your hands. You have to be the doubting Thomas of the group, especially as…
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You Really Should Know About Lassa Fever … And More.
Fiction Or Not? Iju Aluko was certain her mother was just having malaria. The windows had been left open for too long and it had been a while they sprayed any insecticide in the house. One can of Raid is almost a thousand naira. That in itself is enough money to make the family…
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Spirituality and Medicine; Is there a Distinguishing Line?
A Very Lit Weekend! Shout Out to the Peaches. This past weekend, I went on a trip to spend with the Girls, something I termed the Peaches Conference ’20. It was an amazing and fun weekend!!! I am super grateful for these ones I get to call friends. It is not everyone that gets…
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The Japa Percentage: And Then There Was None…
“Would you be traveling out or staying back in Nigeria to practice. If you are planning to ‘Japa’, what steps were you able to take towards that during housejob?” Believe it or not, 100% of the respondents to the quick survey said they desire, are planning and/or are already working on traveling out. And,…
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HOW FAR? HOW DARE YOU?
Recently, a video on neonatal resuscitation being done outside Nigeria was put on twitter with the caption, “Nigerian doctors, how far?” The outrage from doctors was totally expected. There was no way that comment was going to be ignored. That video showed the basics that any doctor who has obtained the appropriate degree should…