Emmanuella

Podcaster for @simplymedics| HLA 20/21 Scholar| Diversity Advocate| OBGYN Resident Doctor| 1Corinthians 13:13

[Kiss Me Quikk @Kiss_Mequikk]

Why Ghana flagged and declined to sign the new USA Health Compact Agreement.

President Mahama disclosed that Ghana flagged several issues in a health compact proposed by the U.S. as a replacement for USAID funding.

JDM explains 👇🏽

[Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo @Fentuo_]

The reason I always hesitate to comment on issues of students’ BECE grades is to avoid committing a fundamental attribution error.

The tendency is to always blame children for poor performance without considering the situational circumstances that may have contributed to those results.

I am living proof of this.

I got aggregate 27 after BECE and it was so good that my father had mother make me guinea fowl light soup . And if you know northern fathers and their guinea fowls, you know this is was a big deal.

But I had only one teacher for the whole three years of JSS. He taught Mathematics and Science. We didn’t have teachers for the remaining eight subjects. We had no textbooks, no desks and no electricity.

The year group ahead of us had only one person who passed and proceeded to secondary school. The rest failed.

The only handwritten notes we had for some of the other subjects were handovers from previous batches of students, dating back five years. Those students had one or two teachers for the other subjects, who gave them notes before quitting along the way. That was what we depended on.

Mind you, those notes didn’t even help them pass. They failed too. But at least, they offered a reference point for what JSS Agric, RME, Social Studies or English looked like.

Imagine merely laughing at me for getting aggregate 27 without considering the full context and the extenuating circumstances.

At the time, the cutoff point for all senior high schools was aggregate 30. Only three of us, from a class of 20, got within the mark and went to secondary school (aggregates 25, 27, 30). The rest either went back to JSS or ended their education altogether.

I got admitted to my beloved Kanton Secondary School, and in my SSS class, I had the worst aggregate. No yawa lol.

But after three years of secondary school, I got aggregate 13 and went straight to Legon.

At Legon, I got a scholarship and went to America to complete my Bachelor's degree.

I know the grades sound bad on paper, but sometimes, those terrible grades are a product of circumstances far beyond the child. And sometimes, an opportunity at a good secondary school can be the game changer.

So, don’t laugh at a kid with aggregate 35 who wants to go to Presec.

Investigate the circumstances that produced that 35. That child may have been performing at the absolute limit of the opportunities available to them.

The context is important. Perhaps you give them a different environment, better teachers, better resources and a proper opportunity to learn, and you may see a completely different student.

Sometimes, the grade tells you what happened. It doesn’t tell you why.

[The Faith @FaithDaBender]

Obstetrician: This baby should be out in 25mins.
Adhesions:

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

The great paradox of the NHS in 2026 is in its seemingly contradictory workforce data.
A constant crisis of both scarcity and surplus exists at different levels.

Here we are talking about record-high levels of Doctors applying to leave, signalling a brain drain; meanwhile, tomorrow the headline will read that thousands of doctors risk unemployment because of training bottlenecks and poor workforce planning. Both stories will be true.

There are hiring freezes and consultant bottlenecks with post-CCT trainees forced to hop around collecting fellowships like Pokémon rings, while at the same time, Trusts are haemorrhaging Consultants to Canada and Australia. There's been a story going around that top London Trusts have lost about 6 highly needed transplant surgeons to America alone—another situation where both stories are true.

Because the NHS operates as a state monopsony, we tolerate structural failures that would instantly bankrupt a private firm. Imagine a tech company spending a decade running a brutal, high-stress R&D pipeline, only to intentionally dump its most valuable IP directly to its overseas competitors for free.

Or one that fails to utilise an "oversaturated" talent pool of skilled, intelligent and passionate young engineers ready to train due to artificial bottlenecks and poor planning.

Anyway, if the US ever truly makes it easier and easier at nationwide policy and legislative levels for senior clinicians to leave, NHS England will be dealing with a crisis worse than the East German medical and intelligence collapse of the 1950s.

[D @_Unknown_D_]

The problem with the UK is we have an electorate that wants a Japanese approach to immigration, Nordic welfare, an American tax system and a political class that would rather pander to this delusion as opposed to levelling with public about the necessary trade offs. This approach will continue to produce failed leaders until it fundamentally changes.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is officially set to resign as Prime Minister

Several media reports say he'll outline a resignation timetable on Monday after consulting with his wife and family today

[Ayobola Adebowale @YourBabysDoctor]

Dear pregnant mum,
It is very good to exercise during pregnancy, but no go dey do pass your self.

1. Whatever workout you weren't doing before you got pregnant, DO NOT start in pregnancy.

2. You dont need to hit the gym or lift weights. A gentle walk, a simple home cardio or a dance session all counts for good exercise in pregnancy.

3. If you do not feel up to it, don't do it. You are raising a whole human in your body and that counts for a lot!

4. If your nose becomes big or your feet are swollen or you aren't looking as pretty as Temi looks, it is alright too. Just make sure you are sane and your mental health is in good shape.

5. Eat healthy, move your body, have fun when you feel up to it. And if the craving hits, eat it but don't overdo it.

6. If you have been advised to be on bed rest, or to have only a little bit of physical activity, stick to it. Your safety and the baby's safety is all that matters. You will get you tea body when baby comes out

For men who want a pretty preggo who is always picture ready, have money and spend the money on pampering her. If you want a Monaco view, you will have to spend Monaco money.

[The_Bearded_Dr_Sina @the_beardedsina]

People are being unfair.

You want to compare someone like Temi Otedola who has a birthing experience in a luxurious country, having exercises in a private pregnancy tailored gym with instructors and supervisors , someone who is in 1% of 1% of pregnancy worldwide

To someone who has a birthing experience in a Low income country where access to funds is limited, access to such luxurious services is very slim.

Many people forget hormonal play, diet and more.

Every woman's birthing experience is unique and you can't have a one fit all post and pre pregnancy body for women.

Socioeconomic status also affects pre and post pregnancy outcome.

[Weffrey Jellington @jeffwellz]

“Oh the citizens are part”
When an exam officer leaves the room, how many of you continue quietly without engaging in exam malpractice? Human beings will do what serves their best interest if they can get away with it.
A functioning society isn’t built on the assumption that everyone will be virtuous. It’s built on systems that make doing the right thing easy and doing the wrong thing costly.

[Simply Oloni @SimplyOloni]

PCOS has officially been renamed PMOS

Experts say the previous name focused too heavily on ovarian cysts, despite the condition also affecting hormones, metabolism, fertility and long term health.

[Someone, Somewhere @CapobiaNB]

9 years of advocacy later....

[𝑠ʟ @odenibo]

“This is your last chance to take advantage of your £20K ISA allowance”. Do you think if I had any more money, you would be the one reminding me to take advantage

[Mike Henley 🤨 @trentconsultant]

@Telegraph @wesstreeting Additionally resident Drs are typically in the top of their school year with incredibly high STEM A level scores, they spend 5-6 years studying and finish with £100k debts. I took 19 years to get a consultant post, no one else trains for that long in the NHS - it’s a tough job!

[Dr. Ose Etiobhio @osemagnum]

WOMEN WITH FIBROIDS CAN GET PREGNANT.

WOMEN WITH FIBROIDS CAN BE SUBFERTILE.

HOW DO THEY GIVE BIRTH?

READ. SHARE. REPOST

Yes, many women with Uterine Fibroids can still become pregnant. Fibroids are very common and, in most cases, they do not prevent pregnancy. According to guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, fertility depends mainly on the size, number, and location of the fibroids. Fibroids that grow inside the uterine cavity (submucosal fibroids) may interfere with implantation or increase the risk of miscarriage, while many fibroids growing in the wall or outside the uterus may cause little or no problem. So the presence of fibroids does not automatically mean you cannot conceive.

If pregnancy occurs, most women with fibroids still have normal pregnancies, though doctors monitor them more closely because fibroids can sometimes increase the risk of pain, miscarriage, preterm birth, or the baby lying in an unusual position. Your obstetric team will usually follow the pregnancy with ultrasound scans to see how the fibroids and the baby are growing.

As for delivery, vaginal birth is still possible for many women with fibroids. However, if a fibroid blocks the birth canal, causes the baby to lie sideways or breech, or leads to other complications, a caesarean birth may be recommended. The mode of delivery is therefore decided based on the fibroid’s position and how the pregnancy progresses. The key message is reassuring: many women with fibroids conceive, carry their pregnancy safely, and deliver healthy babies with the right monitoring and care. 🤍

[Dr. Ose Etiobhio @osemagnum]

NO DOCTOR FINGERS A WOMAN IN LABOUR.

THIS IS A GREAT INSULT TO ALL THE HARDWORKING OBSTETRICS DOCTORS WORLD WIDE.

THE TWO FINGERS INSERTED TO EXAMINE ARE THE EYES OF THE OBSTETRICIAN.

A Hospital Is Not a Bedroom: Notes from a Labour Room

Dear Alhaji,

Young man, let me correct you, and I will do it calmly, and I wqill do it clearly, and I will do it firmly.
What you have said reveals not wickedness but ignorance, and ignorance is loud when it is unchecked. You imagine the labour room as a place of loose hands and careless intentions, but the labour room is a place of gloves and protocols and measured breath. Doctors, male or female do not enter a woman’s body for pleasure or curiosity. We enter because the cervix speaks a language only touch can translate, and because dilation is a story the eyes cannot read. We examine to know if labour has begun, and to know how far it has gone, and to know if mother and child are still safe in the storm of contractions. It is clinical, and it is careful, and it is bound by rules stronger than desire.

And let me tell you what is often missing from your joke: pain.
The cervix is not a doorbell. It is a ring of nerves, and when it is touched in labour, it answers with fire. Women tighten their fists. Some whisper prayers. Some cry. Some beg us to stop. And we feel it too, not in our bodies but in our conscience, because causing discomfort is not our joy, and inflicting pain is not our sport. But sometimes, pain is the small price paid to avoid the larger tragedy of prolonged labour, and infection, and death. Sometimes, the hand that hurts is the hand that saves.

So when you laugh, and when you sexualise, and when you turn medicine into a dirty metaphor, you are not being clever. You are being careless. You are mocking women at their most vulnerable, and you are insulting the labour of those trying to keep them alive. Childbirth is not a scene for comedy. It is blood and sweat and courage. It is a woman negotiating with her own body for survival. And the examination is not a flirtation, it is surveillance, and protection, and duty.

Let me leave you with counsel, the kind that should travel with you like a shadow: A hospital is not a bedroom. And a doctor is not a lover. And a vaginal examination is not sexual contact. It is medical care. If you wish to be a man of sense, then speak with reverence about women’s bodies and about childbirth. Because one day, it may be your wife on that bed, or your sister, or your daughter. And on that day, you will not want jokes. You will not want bravado. You will want skill, and seriousness, and hands guided by knowledge rather than hunger. You will want a doctor who understands that this moment is not about desire, but about life.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

My home country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NO cases of cervical cancer in vaccinated women

NOT ONE !

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

Government of Ghana’s position on the US unilateral and unauthorised invasion of Venezuela.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[Dr. Osafanmen Stephanie✨ @OsafanmenI]

Im so glad they don’t ask shit questions like this in real life!

In Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the mother’s life always comes first.
No obstetrician is leaving the operating room to ask the father, ‘Who should we save?’
that’s not how medicine works.