Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D

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[FitMedic @FEMMY466]

I'm going to say the quiet part out loud. A lot of newly graduated doctors are incredibly lazy. They hide it under the 'I can't kill myself' mentality, but it's honestly just laziness.

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@IAmSteveHarvey "Help"

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Bluezfc_ Those advantages you want to "ignore" are the advantages of Gabriel Magalhães over every other defender in the PL.

[Adam Bruggeman, MD @DrBruggeman]

I translated this into English for everyone to read. This is written by an orthopedic surgeon colleague in Spain, but I know my American colleagues will appreciate the text an similarities to challenges we face here

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The Asymmetry in Medicine in Spain: Responsibility Without Authority (I)

Opinion

Francisco J. Guitián Lema

The Asymmetry in Medicine in Spain: Responsibility Without Authority (I)

“There is irrefutable empirical proof of this asymmetry: the doctor can replace anyone; no one can replace the doctor,” states Francisco J. Guitián Lema, a Vigo-based traumatologist specializing in orthopedic surgery

There is a truth so elementary that it feels uncomfortable to state it: a hospital exists solely and exclusively to cure the sick. It is not there to provide jobs or to justify organizational charts. Nor to feed bureaucracies or to experiment with organizational theories. It exists so that a sick human being leaves it less sick or, at the very least, having received the best possible treatment.

From this premise follows a logical consequence that the Spanish healthcare system seems determined to ignore: in that healing process, there are only two absolutely indispensable figures. The patient, who is the reason for the entire structure’s existence, and the doctor, who possesses the knowledge to guide that process. Everything else — and this is not disdain, but taxonomy — is support structure. Necessary, valuable, often heroic, but auxiliary.

The doctor is the only professional capable of performing the core act that justifies the hospital’s existence: diagnosing the disease and establishing the treatment. Without a diagnosis, there is no possible direction. Without a therapeutic indication, there is no meaningful action. An orderly transports the patient, but it is the doctor who determines where and why. A nurse administers medication, but it is the doctor who decides which, how much, and when. A technician performs a test, but it is the doctor who orders it and interprets its result.

This functional hierarchy is not a social convention or an inherited privilege: it is a direct consequence of training. Six years of medical school plus four or five years of MIR specialization produce a professional capable of integrating knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and a thousand other disciplines into a diagnostic synthesis that no other healthcare professional is trained to perform.

There is irrefutable empirical proof of this asymmetry: interchangeability. A doctor can, in case of need, perform the functions of any other hospital professional. They can push a stretcher, insert an IV line, draw blood, take vital signs — in Germany, doctors routinely perform these functions. The reverse is not true. An orderly cannot diagnose pneumonia. A nurse cannot order a surgical intervention. The doctor can replace anyone; no one can replace the doctor.

Recognizing this reality does not imply disdain toward anyone. Nursing care is essential. The orderly’s work ensures that hospital flow does not stop. Everyone deserves respect and fair compensation.
But respect for personal dignity cannot be confused with functional equivalence. In an operating room, the surgeon is not worth more as a human being than the assistant; but their function is irreplaceable in a way that the assistant’s is not.

This distinction, obvious in any other field, has become taboo in Spanish healthcare. The prevailing egalitarianism has managed to make an evident functional truth be perceived as a moral offense.

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

Put your insecurities away and get on with achieving your goals. Reflect and remind yourself that an accurate criticism is the most valuable feedback you can receive. Imagine how silly and unproductive it would be to respond to your ski instructor as if he were blaming you when he told you that you fell because you didn't shift your weight properly. It's no different if a supervisor points out a flaw in your work process. Fix it and move on. #principleoftheday

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

Consultant OnG to Medical Students.
#Logbook tales. Medschool

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

“Don't come again, I will not sign again, I know your faces. Go to school and prepare yourselves. You are young, so don't be here wasting your time. Do you want to live your life doing this?” - Pep Guadiola to young fans

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@ireteeh Goodevening ma'am,
I would love to DM you.

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@ireteeh Goodevening ma'am.
I'm interested

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Joe_brendan_ I beg to differ. Most people do not know "exactly" what to do. They're winging it.

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Emeldakene Well, I wasn't wrong after all. https://t.co/nIFrVh5MyL

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Emeldakene I can tell you the outcome now.
MASSIVE SUCCESS!!
Congratulations, Kene

[Dr Scarface📍🩺 @king_pearxe]

IF YOU ARE A MEDICAL STUDENT OR DOCTOR, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW AND LEND A VOICE TO THIS ‼️‼️

A BUS CONTAINING 19 MEDICAL STUDENTS AND A DOCTOR IS MISSING, PRESUMABLY ABDUCTED OR KIDNAPPED

THEY WERE HEADED FROM JOS AND MAIDUGIRI TO ENUGU FOR FECAMDS CONVENTION AND WAS LAST HEARD FROM AROUND OTUKPO

THEY ARE 👇

1) Boniface Tizhe
2) Thomas Yahaya
3) Gabriel Jita Iwev
4) Boniface Okon
5) Dondo Fabian
6) John Bitrus Naga
7) Fortune Chima Umeh
8) Godwin Gregory Tumba
9) Monica Ejembi
10) Ogbonna George Chukwuebuka
11) Paul Nyampa Zira
12) Lawrence Victory Adaugo
13) Okopi Peter
14) Enger Benedicta
15) Kwaghaondo Aondona Kingsley
16) Paul Shantong
17) Victoria Cornelius
18) Pius Samson
19) Okan Adara
20) Dr Luis Mmbamonyeukwu

RETWEET THIS TWEET

TAG THE RELEVANT AGENCIES, I HAVE PUT TAGGED THEM IN A TWEET AT THE BOTTOM

PUT UP A POST

THEY MUST BE FOUND SAFELY TODAY!!!

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Emeldakene I can tell you the outcome now.
MASSIVE SUCCESS!!
Congratulations, Kene

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@DorathyChinelo 🤣🤣
If you can diligently pass through the valleys and shadows of death, then you will find the sumptuous table prepared for you in the presence of your enemies! 😂😂

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

How much are you willing to suffer for greatness??

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

Life is a performance. Practice and Prepare for it.

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Chizzymole Congratulations mentor 🤝

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@PicturesFoIder Clean cut!!!!!

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@doyin_deji My guy, just ask for peace to reign. Problem too much😒😒

[Emeka Obi Izuagba, M.D @Real_Chobiz]

@Emeldakene Happy birthday Kene