The day I saved a life

Dr Andrew Perry and Professor Max Kamien
Dr Andrew Perry and Professor Max Kamien

The greatest compliment that a patient can pay to a doctor is to recognise that they saved that patient’s life.

Dr Thinus Van Rensburg, a fellow GP on the other side of Australia, recently sent me this accolade: “Saw a patient today who told me how a retired professor of medicine doing a locum saved her life.