Candia

MD, Radiology Resident at @MakerereCHS, Family, Business, Basketball

[Francis Deng, MD @francisdeng]

“Being avoidant of AI is not conducive to a career in medicine at this point.” Alex Glaser MD, PD @PennIMResidents, on @CurbsidersTeach

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[Mulago National Referral Hospital @MulagoReferral]

@MulagoReferral has today signed an MOU with Vanderbirt University Center to support management of breast lump diagnosis in the Radiology Department.

The partnership that has been on for over 10 years was sealed today officially with the 2 parties agreeing to support patients at Mulago with standardized health care in identifying breast lumps, trainee support
& academic research which helps in managing breast diseases.

With this support gaps in diagnosis will be addressed & the partnership will acquaint trainees with challenges of providing radiological services with the purpose of making better breast imaging @MulagoReferral

[Mulago National Referral Hospital @MulagoReferral]

@MulagoReferral has received a laparoscopic tower from Cure Hospital.

The equipment worth 54,000 US Dollars shall help in handling children and adults with hydrocephalus.

The laparoscopic tower (or endovision tower) is a mobile cart housing integrated equipment for minimally invasive surgery, including a high-definition monitor, light source, camera control unit (CCU), & insufflator.

These systems provide superior visualization & documentation for procedures such as hernia repairs, gynecology, urology & orthopedics.

[Government of Uganda @GovUganda]

A team of paediatric surgeons at Mulago have successfully separated the parasitic twins after three hours of intense surgery (including time to administer anaesthesia).

[Radiollect @Radio_llect]

Einstein’s Nobel Prize was Not for Relativity, But for Revolutionizing Quantum Physics!

You know Albert Einstein as the genius behind E=mc² and relativity, right? But interestingly, that’s NOT why he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. It was rather for something way more “quantum”, the photoelectric effect.

Let’s break it down.

1/ First, what is the photoelectric effect? It’s when light hits a metal surface and knocks out electrons, creating an electric current. Sounds simple, but in the early 1900s, classical physics couldn’t explain it. Light was thought to be a wave, so more intense light should mean more energy… but experiments showed otherwise.

2/ Enter Einstein in 1905 (his “miracle year”). He built on Max Planck’s quantum ideas and said light behaves like particles (photons) with discrete energy packets. The energy of each photon is E = hν (h is Planck’s constant, ν is frequency). If the photon’s energy is high enough, it ejects an electron, regardless of light intensity.

3/ This was huge because it provided key evidence for quantum theory, which was still emerging. Einstein’s paper basically kickstarted quantum mechanics. Without it, no solar panels, no photocells in cameras, no understanding of light-matter interactions.

4/ So why not relativity? Special relativity (1905) redefined space, time, and energy. General relativity (1915) explained gravity as curved spacetime. Mind-blowing stuff! But at the time, relativity was controversial. Not everyone accepted it, and experimental proof (like the 1919 solar eclipse) was just starting to roll in. The Nobel committee was conservative and avoided endorsing theories seen as “speculative.”

5/ The official Nobel citation? “For his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.” They snuck in a nod to his other work but made it clear that the photoelectric effect was the star. Einstein didn’t even attend the ceremony, he was on a lecture tour in Japan!

6/ The irony: Relativity became Einstein’s legacy, but the Nobel went to his quantum contribution, which he later doubted (famous for calling quantum mechanics “spooky action at a distance”).

7/ Moral: Genius isn’t always recognized for what we think. Einstein’s photoelectric work paved the way for modern tech, from LEDs to quantum computing.

[Spurs Culture @SpursCulture]

Anthony Edwards plays ethical basketball

No bs, no foul baiting, just straight buckets and trash talking

I respect it

[Mulago National Referral Hospital @MulagoReferral]

In abid to provide specialized health care services @MulagoReferral under one of its core departments of surgical services in last 2 years has been able to carry out a number surgeries:

1. @MulagoReferral successfully conducted 5 renal kidney transplants
2. 1498 Neurosurgeries these include skull reconstruction & base of the skull surgeries

[⋆˚࿔ @Indenials6]

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[LM🇦🇷⁸ (fan) @Leo_messii_8]

Messi vs Haaland this season:

🇳🇴 Goals
🇦🇷 Assists
🇦🇷 G/A
🇦🇷 Trophies
🇦🇷 Key Passes
🇦🇷 Big Chances Created
🇦🇷 Throughballs
🇦🇷 Long Balls
🇦🇷 Dribbles
🇦🇷 Freekicks
🇦🇷 Goals Outside the Box
🇦🇷 Awards
🇦🇷 FIFA Best
🇦🇷 Laureus Award
🇦🇷 Best Playmaker
🇦🇷 MOTM
🇦🇷 MVP

[. @MaymunaMustaphx]

The world is not kind to anyone without money

[Thunder ⚡️ @MadeByThunder]

Seeing White people sing the genre of music my people developed and have historically used to cope with the pain they have directly caused us does not make me happy. Just gonna be honest here.