Opinion

Medical Observer Opinion

This GP's 5 steps to surviving 14 days in the isolation bunker

3rd April 2020
Adversity brings opportunity, so for all those GPs holed up in their bunker, allow me to wrap a silver lining around your 14…
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Medical Observer Opinion

GP training has been turned upside down, here's how we need help

3rd April 2020
The landscape of GP registrar training is going through its own upheavals, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Fellowship exams…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Where are we now and what’s coming for COVID-19 testing

2nd April 2020
Testing for SARS-CoV-2 has two main stages. The first is diagnostic testing in patients with acute symptoms. The question…
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Testing
Medical Observer Opinion

My patient tested negative - but I was positive the result was wrong

2nd April 2020
Among all the dross of general practice, there can still be shining moments. I just had one. The patient had recently…
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Swab
Medical Observer Opinion

The COVID Diaries: We must not forget about flu

1st April 2020
Infectious diseases specialist Dr Jim Newcombe understands better than most what an urgent, stressful time we are living in…
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Flu
Medical Observer Opinion

My week in a US coronavirus hospital revealed who the real heroes are

1st April 2020
I have spent the past week working in a large community hospital here in the US, in a state with a soaring number of…
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Heroes
Medical Observer Opinion

Coronavirus is uncovering the holes in our healthcare system

31st March 2020
Several weeks into The Pandemic, and I’m so tired. Not from the clinical workload. No, I’m tired, and frustrated, by a host…
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