Thankfully, humour is everywhere in healthcare
I love going to see my dentist with his wicked sense of humour. On my last visit he said that nothing had changed from last…
Tag: Lighter Side
My favourite medical slips of the tongue and obfuscations
Mistakes in using medical terminology are a source of much merriment in general practice. I was recently entertained by a patient who was providing his…
Infectious agents: Doctors expose the real threats to James Bond
007 washes his hands just twice in the entire film franchise and shows a flagrant disregard for travel advice on many occasions, a tongue-in-cheek …
Why do they make diabetes drug names so hard to remember?
I think I’m not the only GP to struggle with getting my mind around the endless new classes of diabetes medications. I hope I’m not. GLP-1-RAs,…
‘Medical specialists’ steal show at world famous Met Gala
A clever emergency doctor has brought a smile to tired colleagues' faces with his fashion review of the event.
Professor Brendan Murphy named dad of the year
The former CMO and father of two says being a parent influenced his handling of the pandemic
Bored in lockdown? Not this delusional doctor
Bored in lockdown? Not me. I can entertain myself for hours with my own stupidity. I got up very early one recent morning to take 1g of cephalexin for my Strep…
When doing a patient a favour goes very, very wrong
Here’s what happened. Sunday morning. My long-term patient who is on a complex chemotherapy regime needs an urgent COVID-19 test to clear her for the…
How to stay firm on the tricky tightrope of ‘friendly’ medical advice
It was 9pm on Friday when I found myself on all fours scrambling to find the tablets that had shot out of Mum’s Webster pack,…
You can’t run away when you’re a small-town GP
As the local doctor on a small island, for three years, I have struggled to ensure my lifestyle choices don’t stray too far from my professional…
