a tribute to a friend
on Jan 2, 2009rest in peace.

new year's eve triage
on Jan 1, 2009 in triage new year new year's eve triage is taught to us all, but unless you find yourself in a war, you don't use that skill too often. when it is needed, somehow all those lectures don't seem to help.i was working on new year's eve in casualties in qwaqwa. the local popul

breaking the news
on Dec 31, 2008 in breaking the news post traumatic counselling trauma there is a fair amount of talk about how to break bad news. truth be told i think i'm fairly good at it. sometimes, however it can leave quite an impression.i was a community service doctor in qwa-qwa. i was working in casualties when they came in. t

beautiful
on Dec 30, 2008 in kruger national park kruger another trip to the kruger produced a beautiful sighting of the above lion. her face is stained by the remains of a dead hippo that they were scavenging off. she walked so close to the car that i actually had to stop taking photos to quickly close th...

it flows in the blood
on Dec 23, 2008 in africa south africa there is something about being african. there is almost a covenant between the land and the individual. it is not something you can avoid or ignore. it flows in the blood.true sometimes i consider whether i should leave, based only on the fact that i...

the best
on Dec 16, 2008 in the greatest the best arrogance surgical arrogance when i was a registrar i used to tell my students that all surgeons believe they are the best surgeon there is. with only limited logic one can clearly see this is obviously a load of rubbish. how can every single surgeon be the best there is...when...

weblog awards
on Dec 16, 2008 in medgadget medical bol awards weblog awards once again i'm humbled and amazed. let's face it i'm more amazed than humbled (i am a surgeon after all). but i've been nominated in two categories for this year's medgadget medical weblog awards. they are:Best Medical Weblog The