Politics

MY FIRST DAY AT WORK!

By Chidiebele Samuel

I cannot hide my excitement! This is my first day at work as a doctor and I am to start my rotation in surgery department. As a house officer, I am the most junior doctor in the profession and meant to work under supervision for a period of one year. I set…

TO WHAT BENEFIT…

By Chidiebele Samuel

The condition was really life threatening; a potential killer for the 72 year old. He has a big swelling on one of his blood vessels that if not operated on will likely lead to his death if it bursts. Emma remembers the discussion he had with the surgeon, Dr Ike…

DR ABEL WAS TAKEN!

The surgery was a complex brain surgery on a 28 year old man. It lasted for more than 10 hours and the patient is expected to make a full recovery. After taking the patient to the recovery room, Dr Abel (together with the lead surgeon) briefed the relatives on outcome of the surgery and how his…

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE…

By Chidiebele Samuel

At the end of the surgery, the 25 year old man was taken to the recovery room. He just had a successful surgery for removal of a cancer involving the jaw. The good news, according to the managing doctor, is that the cancer responds to…