Dear everyone working in large tertiary care hospitals...
👉Please do not assume that just because we work in a small hospital that we do not know what we are doing.
We all trained in the same places and have more experience with sick patient than you might think.
#MedTwitter
Remember this desperate call for help to save life’s of children. Upholding the Hippocratic Oath and living by a code of ethics sadly lacking in Gvt. In return Dr Tim de Maayer has been suspended by GDoH for speaking out for the benefit of the vulnerable.! @WitsHealthFac
Agitated peri-arrest pt required urgent central access for renal replacement
I asked for ketamine/midazolam but resident held patient’s hand, reassured her & no sedation needed
In the debrief I described him as ‘human ketamine’
Does he realise there is no greater compliment?
Omicron is not a 'South African variant', it's a variant that was spotted & reported by brilliant South African scientists so fast the world has a chance to get on top of it. Could have originated anywhere.
Dr Sa'ad Lalri, an Emergency Physician at Khayelitsha District Hospital, was one of the first healthcare workers to get vaccinated yesterday. He says the vaccine is our armour in the battle against #Covid19.