September 16, 2019September 27, 2019Term 3 (2019), Uncategorized The Domino Effect I was on my 3rd block this year in Mitchell’s Plain Intermediate Care Facility/ Aquarius Health Care, it was a specific neurology […]
March 4, 2019June 3, 2019Term 1 (2019) Limited right to health care for the poor. My first block for this year was an NMS (neuromusculoskeletal) treatment block. I was placed on campus at the Physiotherapy Clinic. The […]
March 3, 2019May 28, 2019Term 1 (2019) Conflict of interest On the 17th of March 2018 at Tygerberg Hospital, I stood helplessly in between my patient and clinician as they quarreled over the […]
March 3, 2019March 29, 2019Term 1 (2019) Playing God, Maybe Experience I was placed at Delft Community Health Center for my Neuromuscoloskeletal block, and in this block there was a community outreach […]
March 3, 2019May 23, 2019Term 1 (2019) People with mobility disabilities in hospital settings are vulnerable to the abuse of their human rights. Context: A patient underwent a right below the knee amputation (BKA) following diabetic foot sepsis. She is morbidly obese and for this […]