"Mercedes Benz" type of knee
When my clinical instructor made the analogy of a new knee being like a Mercedes Benz, I thought that is very interesting. She went ahead...
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- Feb 17
- 3 min
Ambulation: walking
When I joined medical school, I learnt a couple of new words. Just like in primary school where we read a new story and identified new...
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- Feb 10
- 2 min
Sport Injuries
Sporting events are some of the most fun activities humans take part in. As an avid sport follower, I enjoy a good match. I am very...
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- Jan 26
- 2 min
Cold Season: Arthritis
For most people, the cold season marks the beginning of many joint pains. It is that time when you remember your way to an orthopedic...
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- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Motorcycles vs orthopedics
Most of the road traffic accidents cases we often get are from motorcycles. They are always one-line stories... “ni pikipiki tu” and with...
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- Feb 14, 2022
- 2 min
Amputations
Having one’s limb removed, cut-off, amputated, or completely disconnected from the body is usually a traumatic event. It changes one’s...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
INJECTIONS
The very idea of going to the hospital used to cause chills down my spine as a child. Not much has changed since then. Hospitals were...
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- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
Sherehe Aftermath
The end of 2021 was, in most countries, long waited for. With the ongoing pandemic, and the new vaccination roll out, a sense of normalcy...
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- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
Cerebral Palsy by Veronica Kirigo
Before getting my university degree, I had never heard of Cerebral Palsy(CP) before. I did not know about it, and so the language to...
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- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
I hear you!
Pain is good, in fact pain is important. But it is uncomfortable, in fact it’s relentless in humbling us. Pain stops us from our day to...
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- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
What am I doing?
Our work bible study group has very interesting lessons. We are doing a manuscript bible study based not the book of Mark. Manuscript...
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- Aug 17, 2020
- 7 min
Enduring an illness- You don’t have to be strong all the time
I have always wondered why some bacteria can be very aggressive. I work in an Orthopaedic clinic where we get to see bone infections....
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- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Revealer of Mysteries
I don’t know if you have experienced this during this pandemic. You want a service yet you can’t get it because it is in another town. If...
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- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
What to do if your surgery is postponed
You may have noted that Elective surgeries have been postponed during this COVID -19 crisis. Elective surgeries may be pushed back to...
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- Mar 20, 2020
- 4 min
What should we do now
My concern about the Corona is that there is no mechanism to protect health workers and get resources needed. Human resources will be...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
Can we do something about healthcare costs?
Recently I wrote in our blog about healthcare costs. You can click here to get the full article. The Question I ask is if there is a way...
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- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
What does it mean to love your neighbour?
When you listen to conversation out there, people are hurting. The cost of goods and services have gone up. People cry at money seems to...
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- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
Scaling a mountain
There is a quote that someone made regarding the Now Late Kobe Byrant about him scaling a mountain. It was an article that was written...
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- Nov 20, 2019
- 6 min
Christmas decorations in November
When your child passes high school or standard 8 exams or graduates from campus you are filled with gladness. When they pass and get...
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- Sep 9, 2019
- 4 min
Surrender every cares!
We have been exploring some interesting passages in the bible this week. My daughter bible is those children bibles with lots of pictures...
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