𝑲𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒙✨️

Change your ways in these changing days, #diagnosis, #MBBS, #MBchB, #Dx, #dDx, #Rx, #treatment, #clinical.

[Gladys Atto @AttoGladys]

Today, I was privileged to give this Keynote speech in Cape Town at the African Ophthalmology Conference.

“Starting with nothing, Ending with vision: The evolution of Eye care in Karamoja, Uganda (2015-2023)”.

I really enjoyed it. I love sharing the story of eye care in Karamoja.

[Socrate @wodnam9]

#PayallMedicalinterns

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

Blood transfusion compatibility - simplified 🩸

[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

The fastest way to become confident is to become competent.

[Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya @DrOribaDan]

One pager Summary of Acute Kidney Injury.
✍️✍️🇺🇬🇺🇬🥰🥰🚑🚑

[33 Strategies of War @33StrategiesBot]

Train yourself to take nothing personally.

— Robert Greene

[Gladys Atto @AttoGladys]

Anxiety before eye surgery is something we encounter quite often so whenever we have such patients, we usually bring them into the theater area early while another surgery is in progress.

This allows them to become familiar with the environment before it is their turn. We also make sure that, once the first patient is done, there’s a brief opportunity for the two patients to interact.

Hearing a first hand account from someone who has undergone the procedure often works wonders in calming fears.

Yesterday, however, we had a patient for whom none of our usual tactics seemed to work. She was visibly terrified.

As we spoke to her, she explained why. She told us that she had never been to a health facility in her entire life. She had never been admitted anywhere, never undergone any medical procedure, and by her account, had never fallen sick.

This was her first encounter with a hospital setting, and now she was facing eye surgery. We kept reassuring her that everything would be alright, but her fear lingered.

I have a habit of playing music in theater while I operate. It helps to calm the atmosphere for both staff and patients. On this particular day, Sinach’s ‘Victory is my name’ was playing in the background, a song I love so much ❤️❤️

As my theatre nurse gently tried to guide the patient onto the operating table, I overheard her say, “Before they work on you, let’s dance a little.”

And just like that, something beautiful happened in my theatre.

The nurse took her hand,and the two began to dance, a blind patient and a nurse dancing!

For a few moments, her fear disappeared. The operating theater was no longer a place of uncertainty and anxiety.

It became a place filled with music, laughter, and human connection. Music has a way of bringing us together. The patient smiled. She relaxed and forgot for a moment why she was in theater.

By the time we positioned her for surgery, she was completely calm. She remained calm throughout the entire procedure.

Sometimes, medicine isn’t just found in the scalpel, the microscope, or the medication. Sometimes, it’s found in a song, a dance, and a kind hand reaching out at exactly the right moment🫠🫠

[Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya @DrOribaDan]

There is an article published which says "TB can cause anything except Pregnancy."
Should we extrapolate this to Malaria as well? ✍️✍️✍️

[Dr Gacikira 🕹️ @gacikiraMD]

The quality of your internship often depends more on the people supervising you than on the hospital itself.

[Bazongere Ssemwogerere Tonny @BazongereTonny]

Received at A&E after a very bad motor vehicle accident. What do you see?

[FRNK Asiimwe @RubabindaJr]

Our 1,2,3:
1. Deploy all Current Preinterns
2. Pay them 4M
3. Pay them monthly alongside other health workers
@TheUMAofficial, @PharmacistsUg , @FUMI20232024, @agnmu_Ug, @OfficialFUMSA
is asking,
"IS THAT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH?"

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❗ THENTE🗯️DHILIWO ❗

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

STOP!!!! comparing yourself to people who have support systems.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.”

— Steve Jobs

[Veloria🐬 @veloriahq]

"We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice."

— Henry David Thoreau

[Ja Leto @_falsi1ke]

There are people who picture things in their mind before it happens. After it happens, they realize they once had that thought.

[Dr Gacikira 🕹️ @gacikiraMD]

Consultant: What are some of the risk factors of Cervical Cancer.

Medical Student: Gender

Consultant 👇

[Andrew Kyamagero @kyamageroandrew]

The real economic crisis isn’t unemployment,it’s people working full-time and still not being able to afford basic life. Kikwaffu ku ground colleagues.

[Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya @DrOribaDan]

Clinical Pearl ✍️✍️
Marked parotid enlargement is a classic peripheral stigma of chronic alcohol use disorder, suggestive of alcohol-associated sialadenosis.

[Gladys Atto @AttoGladys]

The things I’m currently seeing on social are starting to temper with my mental health in ways I cannot understand. So, I’m going to take a few weeks off to focus on the beauty around me.