Category: Health and Fitness

blog posts about health and fitness

THE STETHOSCOPE-EPISODE-11 by Deborah Nwaeke

MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY-11 By the second week things weren’t as tense. One of the incidents that stopped the intimidation which I think I must share was this. We were asked to study the anatomy of an organ, this was spilt into three different subtopics. The other student and I picked a subtopic each, but […]

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THE STETHOSCOPE-EPISODE-7 by Deborah Nwaeke

STETHOSCOPE MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY-7 Day three 12:40pm   I couldn’t finish up yesterday due to the workload I had (like I worked the whole day *rolls eyes*). My body is still trying to adjust to the schedule. So let’s go over yesterday… I called a senior registrar, who I later got to know as […]

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THE STETHOSCOPE-EPISODE-5 by Deborah Nwaeke

MY CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY-5 Whew! I entered another cab to continue my journey back home. I thought I had learnt my lesson, so this time I asked the man loading (call passengers in) the vehicle if he had change of 500# (the same 500#), he told me to enter the vehicle. Dear girl here assumed […]

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THE STETHOSCOPE-EPISODE-3 by Dr. Deborah Nwaeke

CLINICAL ROTATION DIARY-3 I waited and waited for the HoD. Some people, more like secretaries and assistants to the HoD, were of the opinion that I return tomorrow, since he wasn’t still on seat (as at 02:00pm). A woman in the office decided to get in touch with another doctor (chief resident I guess) who […]

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Lady wins HMI Badge of Honor

The undisputed Queen on TV and a host for TGIF-VIBES on MentiasieTV; Dr. Eunice Andoh (a.k.a LADY) has won for herself an HMI badge of honor. The HMI badge of honor is given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in society. The HMI Badge of honor is won on merits irrespective of you color, race, […]

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Donated organs made to live and still work long after a patient has died

  Waleed Hassanein, an Egyptian born US Surgeon, has made organs live on after a person has already died. People die in vain whilst waiting for donor organs and even if the organs were donated, few of them can be used because of incompatibility as well as organ decomposition. Previously, removed organs were placed on […]

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Ginger and its benefits

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) It is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. Ginger belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, together with other plants like turmeric (Curcuma longa), cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), and galangal. Ginger is thought to have originated from Asia especially […]

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