Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  Is the patient alright? It was 2am. My usual interrupted sleep cycle had waited a while before starting up its usual charade and that was because I was exhausted 😴😴😴. I would not have been surprised if I had been snoring sef. I picked up my phone and saw 16 missed calls. Okayyyyy ……

  Job descriptions I believe job descriptions and roles are vital in the proper running of any institution. They make sure the job is done. If there are no roles and everybody is left to take the initiative to do something, nothing will be done because everybody would be thinking somebody is doing the job,…

  I Really Do Not Like Surgery. Aarghh! I am not sure exactly when my dislike for surgery started, how it sprouted and at what exact moment I was able to identify and define it. But I am certain I must have endured a lot of things that eventually accumulated to what it is today.…

  At the end of housejob, I went to sign out with one of the consultants of that unit and he jokingly remarked that I came back so late to sign that the only thing he remembers of my time with the unit is how I cried that day.   A memorable patient I’ll call…

  Unit rotations Lets talk about the units we did not want to rotate through. Like, when the houseofficers, in their free time, start discussing their rotations, you hear things like, “eeyah, God is with you o. I am sure you will be fine”, whenever those units are mentioned as part of an individual’s rotation.…

  180k I did not have that money and even if I was to be paid immediately, my salary was not going to meet up. (They were even talking about us not being paid until three months into the job. Kuku kee me). But, I was convinced about that place being the God ordained location…

  The next phase of my life came slowly but steadily. It crept on me like the first trickles of menstrual flow down the thighs… first hesitatingly, then gaining a little speed with more confidence and then, gushing like a burst dam.   The little comments started; “Where would you even want to work.” “What…

  While we were in medical school, for most of us, we were only certain of two steps after medical school; housemanship and NYSC. For those who were averse to either, they probably were more sure of their future than the rest of us or they were utterly lost. That is, they were either dead…