I am a 48-year-old ER doctor who appears to be losing the joys in medical practice. I am not the excited person I was years before. My heart does not leap with excitement when I see cases I don’t often see. A week ago, a 29 year old woman was…
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Ada – PhD Fellow
I’m 31 and a PhD researcher in the Genomics Department and I find the DNA to be the most fascinating ever! I’m passionate about understanding cancer from a genetic point of view. I love boba drinks, and my favourite movie is The Holiday. Yesterday, 9th January I woke up around…
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Meet Lynn!
A Band 6 nurse working on the Hepatology ward. She enjoys sudoku and her favourite person is her dad. Thursday 8th Jan 06:00My alarm goes off. I’ve very much aware of the time I wake up so I don’t hit the snooze button anymore. I sit up slowly and drink…
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The Silent Goodbye
Max had been working in the Emergency Department for nearly a year. Today was his last day on the rotation. It was a date he had mentally circled weeks in advance. Not because he was eager to leave, but because endings matter to people like Max. He was one of…
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The Truth No Doctor Will Admit About Life and Death
Meet Casey, For most of his life, Casey had known nothing but medicine. From undergraduate studies to medical school, through residency, and now on the brink of becoming a consultant, he had spent more time in fluorescent-lit hospital corridors than under the natural sun. The world outside his realm of…
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How Motherhood Changed Me as a Doctor
Becoming a mother changed everything I thought I knew about myself as a doctor. I went from confidently calming and treating babies to hesitating with my own child, overwhelmed by fear and love. Parenthood taught me a new kind of strength—one rooted in vulnerability and connection.
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When Silence Isn’t Golden
It was a good surgery. The consultant was kind enough to let me open the skin and agreed to let me close it as well. He had informed the registrar about my fine subcuticular suturing skills that I had displayed when I assisted him in a case a week ago….