WOW. A man in Incheon, west of Seoul - who contracted #coronavirus - has documented his symptoms and activities for past 25 days since his felt the symptoms in 38 pages in remarkable detail. He wore masks and gloves at home and all 23 close contacts tested negative for the virus.
I've never forgotten that gentleness and as a student nurse, it's the atmosphere I try to create for all my patients. Good doctors and nurses leave a massive impression and we all have the potential to keep someone else from falling into the abyss ♥️
It's always the tweets full of typos that get seen 😂 thank you all for your comments. There was more about this encounter that was special, but the details have blurred with time and what I remember most is the gentleness and support these two created for me.
Thanks for reading. My point is just that there are reasons women typically feel safer with other women but that male providers can take action to make their female patients feel safe with them, and that trauma informed care has a powerful impact. (11/11)
Trauma informed care is crucial. I didn’t know that term when I saw Dr T years ago, I only know that I came to the exam feeling sick to my stomach and left feeling safe. It can be as simple as having a female nurse in the room and asking before touching your patient. (10/n)
If more energy was focused on how to make female patients feel safe and less focused on indignation, it would make a huge difference for all female patients. I can just about guarantee that every OBGYN has had a patient that was raped and didn’t disclose it. (9/n)
Ive seen a few posts lately about male OBGYNs and some women only wanting to be examined by another woman and it made me think of this. I typically also prefer women, but I don't think anyone could have handled that situation better than Dr T did. (8/n)
He wasn't hurt by my fear because he knew that my fear had nothing to do with him and everything to do with what happened to me. Neither he nor the nurse pitied me, neither treated me like a wounded animal, they treated me like a woman who'd survived something horrible. (7/n)
That my doctor, having been an OBGYN for over 15 years and probably seeing far too many women just like me, he was able to anticipate my need for a female presence before I could. There is a profound humility to this. He wasn't offended. He didn't try to convince me. (6/n)
I don't know why the nurse was there but I was glad she was. Doctor T was gay, which eased some of my anxiety, but he was still a man and at that point I couldn't be hugged by my own father. I didn't realize until later that the nurse was there for that exact reason, ((5/n)
He and his nurse talked to me the whole time. He told me what he was going to do and why, and the nurse asked me about school and the book I was reading. There was a dark region gaping open inside me and they kept me from falling into it with gentle words, bringing me back (4/n)
What I remember is that when Dr T came in, he had a female nurse with him, and he said that because I'd been raped the exam might be difficult. "You are in control," he told me. "Say stop, and we stop." There wasn't any pity in his face, just compassion and deep sadness. (3/n)
Those days are still a haze and I don't remember a lot of details. I wasn't pregnant. I had to get checked for STDs. It was only a few weeks after the rape and everything was very raw but very numb, at the same time. I felt completely other; a ghost trapped in a body. (2/n)
After I was raped, the OBGYN I saw was a man. I'd never been to an OBGYN before because I wasn't sexually active or on birth control and had no reason to. Doctor T was my mom's doctor too, and she told him was the situation was because I couldn't. I just couldn't. (1/N)
Thought of reporting the issue of NMC bill to media.....infact missing the point that they were too busy in making news about BIGGBOSS 3 .....crazyy media....
#SayNoToNmcBill
Watering plants is a good thing ....but it should not be done by URINATING them....
Thought of improving doctor to patient ratio is a nice one ....but should not be done by legalising QUACKS ....
#SayNoToNMCbill