New department

03.03.2015 Moving to a new department is always stressful. How is the chief of the department? How are the colleagues? What kind of nursing staff is there in this department? What about the patients and the work load? I woke up earlier than usual today. I have to reach work earlier than usual. You cannot be late on the first day in a new department....

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Medical students

23.02,2015 Their white coats on them... they sat behind in the lecture hall. That's just part of their training. The morning report gives us a good idea about the situation in the hospital and the cases admitted. While the doctors were listening attentively, I could hear some rumbling from the back seats. I just glanced at the back and saw the...

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The prisoner

22.02.2015 At first glance, he looked like any other patients I usually come across during my daily practice in the wards. He was admitted via the emergency department with a suspected pneumonia and signs of meningism. While walking to him, I was trying to associate these 2 major problems. "What could cause meningism in pneumonia? Streptococcus...

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