“I lost both men I dated in med school to suicide. Not during medical school, but later. And here they are. And so this is like a really big problem and that’s why I’m obsessed and I can’t get off this topic until we address it in a serious way because it does deserve serious …
“There was just no way I was going to sit and kill a dog to try to become a doctor. It just didn’t make any sense at all.” Like most medical students, I started first year really happy and excited. I was finally getting my dream off the ground. So then what really threw me …
“When you can take a song that means something to you, and perform it and add your emotions to it, there’s nothing like it.“ My interest in sleep disorders started when I was 18 and working in Israel. Because it was so hot there, we’d get up at 3 or 4 in the morning to …
I did my internship at King George’s Medical University in the city of Lucknow in India. For those unaware, Lucknow is a historical city which became one of the epicenters of the Indian independence movement against colonial rule. King George’s Medical University has a publicly funded hospital where one can get a coronary bypass grafting …
“One day I found myself looking down onto the train tracks, toes jutting over the edge of the platform.“ Why do we suffer? Is constant suffering a part of my destiny? Is there ever any Hope? I was racially bullied in my formative years while attending predominantly white private schools. This created my hyper-competitive,overachieving identity in …
“I usually see a world full of colour, sparkly and bright! But my burnout eventually took control of my life and the colour I usually see faded.“ I am a chatterbox, I am nosy, and I love people. That worked out for the best for my 20+ year career as a general practitioner and it …
“Doctors are measured in how they speak to people because we want to celebrate success, but we also want to make sure that people understand not everyone will be successful with their treatment.“ My original plan was to solely become a paediatric anaesthesia doctor, but I changed completely to also become a sleep medicine doctor, …
“How would you deal with a patient in this situation?” Even after so many years, I find myself often talking to other scientific experts or clinicians to ask for opinions in complex scenarios. I had a patient who wanted to travel abroad to explore a novel treatment for premature menopause (which is not available in …
“It’s a common situation with medics I think; we often subconsciously consider ourselves immune to the conditions we deal with.“ For me, things started to change in July 2020 when I became one of the first people to volunteer for the AstraZeneca vaccine trial. It was a turning point for me. Most of the hard …
One of the situations that impacted me personally in the clinic was a patient with post-traumatic stress disorder. She had a lot of difficulties in her personal life, and really had been through a lot. She was taking antidepressants but had neglected her general health which led to several medical complications. She was now in …