thumbs up
it was a battle. looking back i don't think we ever had a chance, but you don't just give up on a young man in the prime of his life. we had to try. he was my patient.
he was a foreigner, on a gap year in africa where he was going to learn all sorts of things about conservation and african wildlife. up until the accident, all had apparently gone well. the group of teenagers on the course had so far enjoyed every moment of their time together and some close friendships had even begun to develop. as it always is with these sorts of things, when they all climbed into the bus that day, no one expected what rippling ramifica...
Source: other things amanzi - October 2, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
thumbs up
it was a battle. looking back i don't think we ever had a chance, but you don't just give up on a young man in the prime of his life. we had to try. he was my patient.
he was a foreigner, on a gap year in africa where he was going to learn all sorts of things about conservation and african wildlife. up until the accident, all had apparently gone well. the group of teenagers on the course had so far enjoyed every moment of their time together and some close friendships had even begun to develop. as it always is with these sorts of things, when they all climbed into the bus that day, no one expected what rippling ramifica...
Source: other things amanzi - October 2, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
thumbs up
it was a battle. looking back i don't think we ever had a chance, but you don't just give up on a young man in the prime of his life. we had to try. he was my patient.he was a foreigner, on a gap year in africa where he was going to learn all sorts of things about conservation and african wildlife. up until the accident, all had apparently gone well. the group of teenagers on the course had so far enjoyed every moment of their time together and some close friendships had even begun to develop. as it always is with these sorts of things, when they all climbed into the bus that day, no one expected what rippling ramification...
Source: other things amanzi - October 2, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
awkward
recently i attended the association of south african surgeons congress. it's always strange and maybe fun for me to interact with surgeons. they are extremely interesting to me. i feel that i'm a bit of an outsider in the sense that i don't view myself as a typical surgeon, so i can sit back and observe, fooling myself that they are not looking at me in exactly the same way.
but one thing about these congresses is that you get to see and rub shoulders with the heavyweights of the profession. it took me back many years to another congress that i attended when i was still a mere mortal registrar and truly was not yet one of...
Source: other things amanzi - March 21, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
awkward
recently i attended the association of south african surgeons congress. it's always strange and maybe fun for me to interact with surgeons. they are extremely interesting to me. i feel that i'm a bit of an outsider in the sense that i don't view myself as a typical surgeon, so i can sit back and observe, fooling myself that they are not looking at me in exactly the same way.but one thing about these congresses is that you get to see and rub shoulders with the heavyweights of the profession. it took me back many years to another congress that i attended when i was still a mere mortal registrar and truly was not yet one of t...
Source: other things amanzi - March 21, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
the theater cap
"bongi, i have a patient who came in last night with appendicitis. can you operate him for me?"
my colleague was known to load shed and mostly i didn't really mind. that day, however, i just didn't feel like any extra work, so it took a bit of effort to fake enthusiasm.
"sure! any time." i lied. "anything special or straight appendicitis?"
"well, i saw him two days ago, but he refused operation, so he might be a bit sick." i knew what that meant. a bit sick was surgical talk for 'good luck pulling this one through'. oh well, a challenge at least.
the patient was a young man of about 27 years old. despite the fact that h...
Source: other things amanzi - February 13, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
the theater cap
"bongi, i have a patient who came in last night with appendicitis. can you operate him for me?"my colleague was known to load shed and mostly i didn't really mind. that day, however, i just didn't feel like any extra work, so it took a bit of effort to fake enthusiasm."sure! any time." i lied. "anything special or straight appendicitis?""well, i saw him two days ago, but he refused operation, so he might be a bit sick." i knew what that meant. a bit sick was surgical talk for 'good luck pulling this one through'. oh well, a challenge at least.the patient was a young man of about 27 years old. despite the fact that he was c...
Source: other things amanzi - February 13, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
contested
this post will be different to any previous post on this blog. it is a complete work of fiction although it is based on a telephone conversation that did take place. all the rest is a figment of my imagination.
a while ago, a friend told me about a writing contest. the brief was to write an original story of no more than six hundred words, based on a message on an answering machine. i decided to give it a go and see how i did. unfortunately, once i'd written the story and edited it down to the required number of words, when i tried to submit it, i discovered it was only for residents of the united states. so i decided to ...
Source: other things amanzi - February 6, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
contested
this post will be different to any previous post on this blog. it is a complete work of fiction although it is based on a telephone conversation that did take place. all the rest is a figment of my imagination.a while ago, a friend told me about a writing contest. the brief was to write an original story of no more than six hundred words, based on a message on an answering machine. i decided to give it a go and see how i did. unfortunately, once i'd written the story and edited it down to the required number of words, when i tried to submit it, i discovered it was only for residents of the united states. so i decided to pu...
Source: other things amanzi - February 6, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
accolades
i was truly amazed and privileged to read an article written about none other than me in the forbes website. it was a major lift-me-up and in many respects i feel i don't deserve it, yet i'm not complaining. what i particularly liked is the way it commented on my blog as a nearly completed work rather than concentrating on only one specific post or one post at a time. it meant a lot to me, larry husten and for your more than kind words, i thank you.
for those new to this blog, it is also a nice way to link to some of the old, forgotten posts that are quite often a lot better than the current material. for establ...
Source: other things amanzi - January 31, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
accolades
i was truly amazed and privileged to read an article written about none other than me in the forbes website. it was a major lift-me-up and in many respects i feel i don't deserve it, yet i'm not complaining. what i particularly liked is the way it commented on my blog as a nearly completed work rather than concentrating on only one specific post or one post at a time. it meant a lot to me,larry husten and for your more than kind words, i thank you.for those new to this blog, it is also a nice way to link to some of the old, forgotten posts that are quite often a lot better than the current material. for establish...
Source: other things amanzi - January 31, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Bongi Source Type: blogs
