Articles for tag: crowd, health, stupidity, culture, people, traditions, hygeine

What’s wrong with me!

Oh yes – that’s what I am forced to ask myself because others will no doubt wonder after reading some of this blog. How crazy am I? Much of today Saturday 02/12/2023 was taken up reading details the case Prof Marjan Jahangiri. It is in the public domain. I can imagine some will be going, ...

A maddening time. The penny dropped.

I’ve obviously been too busy elsewhere to be writing up here. Well, as some may know I’m writing a lot more stuff in other places and producing videos. Suffering In the last 12 months I’ve been exposed to the worst kinds of human suffering. It is in health services of course. If you were born ...

Captain Walker

Not a quiet time

In the last 2 months I’ve been working flat out. I’m coming into so many clinical and managerial issues. I’ve been in a state of disbelief about what’s happening – or rather not happening for patients. This has put me into deep thought on the fundamentals of medical practice. Hence I’ve been busy over at ...

Experts and expertise

Preamble In 2012 I explored the nature of expertise in an article that was mainly focused on expert witness expertise. A deeper exploration was triggered today when I discovered a statement made by the Care Quality Commission. Scroll down for more. This article will delve deep into the issues of experts and expertise, and prove ...

Complexities with medication

This is not a tutorial or advice. The infographic below is a broad-brush summary of some of the complex issues that need to be considered when prescribing medications. It is not exhaustive. This is not meant to be used by patients or the lay public to make decisions. It may serve as a template for ...

Captain Walker

Time may be running out

The result of MRI scan has shown something that ‘may’ be a cancer. That’s brought me closer to my mortality. And – I nauseatingly re-iterate that ‘time is our most precious asset’. Hence, I have and will continue until the very end, to deal short shrift to idiots who intend to waste seconds or hours ...

Chippy shop smell or bum-water – the choice is yours

Oh dear me. I’ve made somebody unhappy by causing a chippy shop smell in a kitchen. Well, there’s always a first time as they say. So what’s the story? I’m living in shared accommodation at a hospital for work purposes. That’s nothing new as I’ve done this on few occasions before. Dr X was unpleasantly ...