Hedwig

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[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

Dr Emoriken he was an SR at the time, now a consultant Rheumatologist. He literally took me under his wings during house job, shielded and protected me even after I left ISTH he was still looking out for me.
Forever in his debt.

[Diary of a Female Surgery Resident @drhephzibah1]

We've talked about medical toxicity, and it went viral.

Now, let's talk about the people who protected us from it.

The senior reg who taught without intimidation.

The consultant who corrected without humiliation.

The junior reg who treated students like future colleagues rather than inconveniences.

The person who changed your mind about a specialty simply by being kind.

Tell me about a medical elder or trainer you'll you'll never forget.

I suspect many of them have no idea how much they matter.

I'll be in the quotes and comments section.

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

"They can do everything, except surgery" is a recurring phrase I see in the scope creep discourse and I don't think people understand how dangerous and misleading it is.

It somehow implies that the entirety of non-operative medicine is "simple" enough to be mastered in a fraction of the time.

I don't really blame the public, public perception has long been shaped by the idea that the operating theater is the only arena with true lif or death stakes. It is when noctors rehash it that I become worried b/c it means they believe it.

Non-operative medicine is an ideal place for the Dunning Kruger effect to take hold b/c the cognitive heavy lifting of medicine tends to happen quietly. "They just stood there and said a bunch of words & prescribed tablets, of course I can do that with 50% less the qualification, training and experience!"

The vast cognitive apprenticeship required to safely practice independent medicine CANNOT be fast-tracked. Attempting to bypass the grueling years of Med school and rigorous exams under the guise of "we aren't cutting people open" is a massive unacceptable risk to patient safety.

The real danger of this "everything but surgery" mindset is that non operative errors are often silent & delayed. A surgical error is usually immediately obvious. A missed diagnostic finding, a failure to recognize subtle clinical deterioration, or a poorly managed drug interaction might not show its consequences until the patient crashes days or weeks later. It is less dramatic, but it is every bit as fatal as any knife.

[Shu'aib Miqdad, MD @shuaibumiqdad21]

A prof was carrying out thyroidectomy with his conso. They started arguing on whether a particular vessel was the recurrent laryngeal nerve or not, the prof got angry and just cut the vessel. Everywhere was quiet, till the end of the procedure no one uttered a word. Next day...

[Ụlọma @ulxma]

It doesn’t matter if you live with your relatives, friends, roommates or romantic partner… chores will always be a big fucking deal. Even women who think they can do it all often underestimate how much domestic labour will consume them, especially when they start having kids. It can negatively impact your mental health, sex life, work life, social life, even physical health. You swallow so much until it bleeds into anger and resentment. It’s not “just chores.”

[Juliana Nwazodoni @JNwazodoni]

Women who show apathy towards women-related issues make me laugh. You are not special. You are not bigger than the program. You cannot be too safe. You are not better than the angry women. You are a woman, my dear, and the misogyny will find you wherever you are. Period.

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

Lmaooo this is insanely funny 😂😂

[Jola @Jollz]

Next season of Bridgerton, Varley x Buchymix sponsorship. Eez going

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

It seems that you even want your tiredness of the “rhetoric” to be prioritised above the actual experience of IMGs telling you that much of the discourse around prioritisation has crossed into racism and xenophobia.

Let’s be clear: No one is saying "supporting prioritization = automatic racism." That’s a strawman. What people are saying is that the language used to shift the blame onto IMGs frequently crosses the line into xenophobia/racism.

If you don’t think it’s toxic, ask your IMG colleagues how they feel scrolling through medical forums on Reddit. The few who haven’t left have to start every post with a disclaimer: "I support UKGrad Prioritization" just to avoid being piled on. Like a "loyalty test" just to ask a basic clinical or career question.

You cannot claim to care about "collegiality" while dismissing the experiences of the very IMGs on the receiving end of this rhetoric. By ignoring the toxicity, you aren't staying "neutral", you are enabling it to go unchecked.

Structural workforce issues are real. The need to protect UK grads is real. But using those facts as a shield to ignore blatant "othering" and "dehumanization" of international colleagues is a failure of leadership and empathy.

We need to stop prioritizing the "tiredness" of the people starting the fire over the actual burns of the people in it.

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

Typical, throw stones and hide your hands.

[Kat @KatPaton13]

I'm so tired of the rhetoric that UKMGs supporting prioritisation are racist. Most UKMGs have no issues with IMGs, they appreciate the benefits of working with them, they would love to work in a system with equal opportunities for all. But the reality is the NHS cannot employ...

[𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑🎬❤️ @_aaronmylove]

Very hot take:

This "Mr and Mrs" conversation is very telling on why simple CONSENT is an issue. I can draw a straight line lol.

If you can't respect people's choices on things like this, how then would you understand that NO is NO?

You're stuttering...

Ok.
Bye.

[gbemisoke @Gbemisoke]

"...why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.”

Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah & Tirzah, the daughters of Zelophehad. Numbers 27:4

Girls, challenging the status quo? That far back?!

[Jola @Jollz]

My grandma used to tell a dark joke about how the people who argue when doctors bring “abere” (injections) for their children have never chosen a small coffin before. She had.

[Jola @Jollz]

Vaccines and medicines are often victims of their own success. They work so effectively that, over time, people forget the devastation they were designed to prevent and begin to question their necessity.

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

No blue tick, just foolish for the love of the game smh

[Iammzsylvia @iammzsylvia]

MOTHERS PLEASE DON'T VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN, STOP! IT'S THE VERY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS YOUR KIDS ARE HAVING!
THE KIDS ARE HEALTHIER WITHOUT THOSE SHOTS!
VACCINES ARE BAD! AND I MEAN ALL VACCINES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NONE!

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

This is the 4th bride I’ve seen with horror stories from emaginebybukola.
Please o how is it that nobody has used police to go and pack all of them from that their “shop”?
You have the advantage of a lawless country like Nigeria, use it for Gods sake.

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

This is that comprehension gap we keep talking about.
“Extra mile” means beyond your already defined scope of practice.
Everything does not have to be spelt out for you people to understand for God’s sake.

[Feranmi @ayomiposi11962]

@Chinekebiko There is a big difference between saying “I will not go the extra mile to save patients” and “I will not go the extra mile beyond my scope of practice to save patients.”

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

@Wana____ Nigeria, Benin, South Africa, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Morocco

[Hedwig @nayomipiper]

Typical Nigerian

[Mr. Tayo @tayoaola]

Why I’m forced to pay for the healthcare of others in taxes? Why can’t everyone be responsible for their own healthcare in private insurance? Further, why has provinces kept monopoly of liquor sales, vehicle insurance and energy? How about the monopoly in telco & retail?

[G. @LaGio___]

Mi fa morire che a Milano ci sono 80mila spettatori, luci, palco mastodontico, scenografia d'impatto poi l'inquadratura passa a Cortina e Livigno e abbiamo quattro persone imbacuccate, tre lupi, due orsi e una spruzzata di neve finta

[Sports Girls Club @girlsclubsports]

Sorry, can't talk rn! Trying to learn the rules and history of every Winter Olympic sport, so I can yell at my TV in an educated way 😌

[Jo 🩵 @jo_yells]

one thing about me is that i do love the olympics and will be tuned in every day to watch some sport ive never heard of before but suddenly become an expert on when the olympics come around