Joe Tonge

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow @sheffielduni. Paediatric Doctor @sheffchildrens. Lover of all things endocrine

[Jonathan Gibb @gibb_jonathan]

Targeted to cuts to medical and dental academics are fundamentally at odds with the government’s stated objectives to prioritise life sciences, invest in research and innovation to drive economic growth, and improve patient outcomes. @TheBMA @TheBDA

https://t.co/uBZ1gsVbgv

[The BMA @TheBMA]

The @ukmedschools clinical academic survey shows the UK has lost 1/4 of early-career doctors working as medical academics in just one year.

Medical academic staff committee co-chairs @DocStrain and @gibb_jonathan say this sharp fall will have a knock-on effect on public health and economic growth:
https://t.co/ACqyYuWOBG

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern I work on a neonatal intensive care unit. All preterm infants go home on oral iron.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern You’re not a doctor. You’re not in anyway qualified to give advice to patients about their FBC.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Again, making assumptions. Makes for a poor argument.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Resorting to a GIF to make a poorly formed argument? How old are you, seriously

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Your argument falls flat when you’re making wild assumptions about my knowledge. I have two degrees. One is a BSc and the other is my MBChB. I am however not a haematologist. The textbook you speak of, does not make you, nor I, qualified to treat the disorders you speak of

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern That book has resided in my bookshelf for the last 10 years. Thank you though

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Gosh you really are so far down this rabbit hole

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern It’s not my job to educate anonymous conspiracy theorists on the internet, no.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern I’ve probably read and interpreted more FBCs than you’ve had hot dinner

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern There’s so much rubbish to critique and you’re obviously so far down that particular rabbit hole, it’s not my job to save you from conspiracies.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern I have no words for the utter nonsense I have just had to read. Ignorance. Pure ignorance.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Well no, it’s not that always that simple. Until you’ve been in the delivery room resuscitating a baby, I wouldn’t expect you to understand.

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern As i said, i don’t disagree that delayed cord clamping is good for some babies, not all. You can’t apply a blanket approach to DCC

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Oh dear, that escalated down the conspiracy route very quickly. I have no disagreement that delayed cord clamping leads to better outcomes (in certain situations, delayed clamping is not clinically appropriate)

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Medicine is a wonderful profession, I wouldn’t expect an outsider to understand though! I don’t expect you to understand anything about medicine which is completely fine. Delayed cord clamping is wonderful and advocated for (in the correct clinical context).

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern I’m a paediatric doctor. I don’t have any experience in ‘preparing a mother for pregnancy’. You would need to be speak to an obstetrician about that. Are you an obstetrician?

[Joe Tonge @tongy99]

@bloody_scandal @ShaunLintern Sorry to hear that you’re so misinformed on the matter. Premature babies will reveal themselves whether or not you give the mum a multivitamin or not.