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Finding new purpose now that I can no longer work as a doctor

I’m not sure where my stethoscope is.

May 23

Finding new purpose now that I can no longer work as a doctor

May 23

Dr Mazin Mirza

Is it ever OK to cry in front of your patients?

A young man was dying on the ward.

Jan 15

Is it ever OK to cry in front of your patients?

Jan 15

Dr Mazin Mirza

Reflections from 3 months volunteering with the Maasai tribe in Kenya

The journey from Nairobi to Loitoktok in Kenya was breath-taking. Dry, orange expanses quickly morphed into rolling hills lush with…

Dec 7, 2023

Reflections from 3 months volunteering with the Maasai tribe in Kenya

Dec 7, 2023

Dr Mazin Mirza

Malaria — coming to a cinema near you!

The most dangerous vector-borne disease has predominantly bided its time in Sub-Saharan Africa, but as the loom of climate change edges…

Dec 3, 2023

Malaria — coming to a cinema near you!

Dec 3, 2023

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From first words to last breaths: how treating the young has helped me treat the old.

Many winters pass. You’ve outgrown the armour of your youth and find yourself in hospital, delirious and plagued with numerous complex…

Dec 1, 2023

From first words to last breaths: how treating the young has helped me treat the old.

Dec 1, 2023

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3 of the most bizarre infections from around the world

Golden daffodils catching the morning light. The gentle echoes of dolphins resonating below the ocean shimmer…

Nov 29, 2023

3 of the most bizarre infections from around the world

Nov 29, 2023

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Reflections on providing medical care to rural Amazonian tribes

In Northern Peru, past the eclectic markets of Iquitos where scents of tobacco and tales of ayahuasca are rife, our medical boat was slowly…

Nov 20, 2023

Reflections on providing medical care to rural Amazonian tribes

Nov 20, 2023

Dr Mazin Mirza

3 psychological techniques to improve your communication skills!

A stranger tells you they’re suicidal. You have ten minutes to help them. What will you do?

Nov 10, 2023

3 psychological techniques to improve your communication skills!

Nov 10, 2023

Dr Mazin Mirza

The vitamin you need to know about this upcoming winter!

As winter encroaches on our doorstep, its frosted hands ready to ring us from our necks once more, consider me the father Christmas of…

Oct 30, 2023

The vitamin you need to know about this upcoming winter!

Oct 30, 2023

Dr Mazin Mirza

Will AI replace me as a doctor?!

Like the good-looking foreign exchange student in high school, artificial intelligence (AI) is all anyone can seem to talk about. No longer…

Oct 22, 2023

Will AI replace me as a doctor?!

Oct 22, 2023

Dr Mazin Mirza

Dr Mazin Mirza

Previous medical doctor cut short due to a sudden diagnosis of terminal cancer at 31. Join me as I try to re-discover my voice through the art of writing.

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