Dr Kevin Fong
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Doctor/Anaesthetics/PHEM/Broadcaster. Likes to know how systems tick & what we can do to improve them. Interested in just about everything. #13MinutestotheMoon
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Today was hard. Can’t lie. Mum’s funeral. Smaller & briefer than I’d hoped but feel fortunate that we were able to have it at all. First day off from
#COVID19
since it all began. Still so much to do. Back on it tomorrow. Love you Mum. We’ll make you proud.
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Watched Top Gun with the kids & suddenly realised that F14 Tomcats today are as old as Spitfires were when Top Gun was released in 1986 🤯
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#TopGunMaverick
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For a lot of reasons this was a particularly special day out. Thank you to everyone who has stood by me over the years & got me here.
But most especially of all to my Mum & Dad. Couldn’t have done any of it without you!
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If you stay at home you will save lives. Can’t say it plainer than that.
Protect us while we protect you.
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHS
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Moving Dad out of the house today. Been here 35 years but he can’t quite manage on his own anymore. Tough day for all of us. But looks like Mum booked an appropriately magnificent sunset to see us off.
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Infections, hospital & ICU numbers all rising. We’re not out of this yet. Please do what you can, where you can to protect the people around you. Above all get vaccinated. We’re in this together; we’ll only get out of it by looking after each other.
#Covid19
#NHS
#FreedomDay
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Dad got his first dose of
#CovidVaccine
this afternoon. Was everything it should be: safe, quick, slick & well organised. Felt like the first rays of light at the end of the longest tunnel.
#halfwayoutofthedarkness
#Covid19
#NHS
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Going to be a beautiful day. Begging you to stay home though.
To help us help you. To protect us. To save lives. Thank you.
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHS
#COVID2019
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For the avoidance of doubt: Vaccines work. 135 million doses given in the U.K. Nearly ten billion doses given worldwide. Plenty of evidence. Plenty of protection. Help us to help you.
#GetVaccinated
#GetBoosted
#NHS
#COVID19
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Am in awe of the
#NHS
teams I work with. They’re out at full stretch right now but still brilliant and relentless every single day, 24/7. What lies ahead might be the toughest few weeks in the history of the NHS, but we can do this.
#ThisIsWhatWeDo
#COVID19
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Putting anything, anywhere on the surface of the Moon is quite a feat. Taking nearly two tons of lander, getting to the lunar South Pole & sticking a soft landing there for the first time in the history of humankind = properly special. Huge congrats
#ISRO
& the
#Chandrayaan3
team
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Shocking. My kids have been mixing blanks with live rounds in the kitchen drawer. There will be much telling off.
#Caffeine
#NoCaffeine
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Love this *so* much: from
@fernie0207
. Our ICU
#Covid19
night shift team
@uclh
watching the sun come back.
#NHS
#ThisIsWhatWeDo
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I have an anaesthetics joke, but nobody seems to be aware.
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Started work as a doctor
@uclh
alongside the very brilliant
@markhwilson
in 1998.
This week we were on shift together again, for the first time in TWENTY-TWO YEARS!
@airambulancekss
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Lots of talk about how the
#NHS
should be re-organised. Nothing about how that will impact the wellbeing of the workforce. The NHS is the people who deliver the care & after Covid they’re in pretty poor shape. If you don’t recover them you’ll never be able to recover the service.
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If you’re wondering who
@AstroMCollins
really was. Have a listen to Ep 7 of
#13Minutestothemoon
.
@AndrewLuckBaker
& I were so very lucky to have had the chance to talk with him; one of our most memorable interviews.
#AdAstra
#NASA
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Frank Borman. Hugely under celebrated legend of the Apollo era. Commanded the 1st human crewed mission to leave Earth orbit, travelled further & faster than anyone before him. Apollo 8 is viewed as one of the gutsiest missions in NASA’s history. Farewell. Thank you. Safe flight.
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Sadly have to push pause on
#13MinutestotheMoon
. So sorry about this. Gotta do the day job for a while. Not sure how we’ll get to the end but I trust
@AndrewLuckBaker
&
@scirad
to get us home.
#Apollo13
#NHS
#COVID19
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Awesome to see Papa Fong. Can’t lie: his PPE training has been a challenge. Stay safe today. Lots at stake.
#Covid19
#SuperSaturday
#NHS
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Aaaaaaand after a much longer than anticipated blackout,
I’m ecstatic to announce that we have acquisition of signal.
#13Minutestothemoon
#Episode7
#Resurrection
#June8
#NASA
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What has
#ICU
really been like for the teams during
#Covid19
? Here it is in words & pictures.
Crafted for
@ICS_updates
by the brilliant
@GilliCosm
&
@Zudin_P
.
#NHS
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Some selfies you just gotta get.
#13minutestothemoon
#apollo13
#JimLovell
Was a huge honour for me and
@AndrewLuckBaker
to be able to record this interview with him.
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Everyone should read this: Super clear examples of when, where and how you’re at risk from
#Covid19
and how you can keep yourself safe.
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air. From El Pais.
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We’re going to get through this. We’re going to be there 24/7, through this pandemic and well beyond. We always have been, we always will be. We are the NHS.
#WeAreTheNHS
#NHS
#covid19
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It’s official ....
We're excited to reveal our hit podcast
#13MinutestotheMoon
returns this spring...!
Season two tells the definitive story of Apollo 13. In the meantime, you can binge listen the whole of season one – how the first Moon landing was saved... 🌘
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Thanks for the kind words about “NHS, Who Cares?” Things are tough right now. But if Covid taught me anything at all, it was that the people who work for the
#NHS
- properly invested in & supported - can deal with absolutely anything you throw at them.
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Sooooo good to get out with
@airambulancekss
again. Lots of changes & challenges for the team with
#Covid19
but still flying 24/7!
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Happy Birthday Jim. 93 orbits of the Sun and more than a few of the Moon.
#Apollo13
#Apollo8
#13Minutestothemoon
#NASA
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Some people are total dicks, aren’t they?
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Tonight at the 58th
@RosedOr
Gala Awards they gave away their very first audio prize.
WE’RE TAKING IT HOME!!!!!!!!
#13MinutestotheMoon
Wish you were here
@AndrewLuckBaker
&
@chris_browning
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I was always struck by how calmly Glynn Lunney led his team through the opening few hours of the
#Apollo13
accident. The tape of that shift is a masterclass in leadership.
@AndrewLuckBaker
& I were lucky to have met him. Thank you for everything flight.
#NASA
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50 years ago today
#Apollo13
was standing on the pad at The Cape getting ready to go. But its crew Jim Lovell, Fred Haise & Jack Swigert would never make it to the surface of the Moon.
#13MinutestotheMoon
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Thank you for your patience.
Join us for the end. Monday June 8 2020.
#13MinutestotheMoon
S2E7
#Resurrection
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Time to revive The Odyssey. Thanks all for for waiting. S2E7
#13Minutestothemoon
#Resurrection
.
Dedicated to my friends & colleagues on the frontline, across the world, who have given everything every day in their work against
#COVID19
#NHS
#NASA
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Yes! Yes! Yes!!!!
All 13 out. Including the coach. Welcome back Wild Boars. A rescue beyond belief.
Sincerest respect to all involved and above all for the genuine heroism of Saman Kunan.
#thaicaverescue
#ThamLuang
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Ah. Found this going through Mum’s stuff at home. 1MHz clock speed, 128 kilobytes of RAM and as much fun as an 11 year old could have in 1982.
#Atari
#RETROGAMING
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Our
@uclh
ICU & anaesthetic teams, giving everything, everyday to beat this thing. Super proud of them.
#NHS
#Covid19
#WeAreTheNHS
A special report from
@UCLH
intensive care unit. The reality of coronavirus and it’s impact on patients and staff. A vitally important message for us all - social distancing really will save lives.
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This was a difficult film to make in many ways, as you’ll see from the clip, but I’m so glad we did.
Inspirational patients, inspirational medicine & lots for all of us to think about. 9pm, BBC2, tonight.
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Well I know what I’m doing at 8pm today ...
#XmasLectures
'Planet Earth: A user's guide' starts TODAY! 🥳
@seis_matters
kicks us off with 'Engine Earth', showing how our planet’s oldest rocks and fossils provide evidence of radical climate changes, and how humans are now tipping the balance.
📺 8pm,
@BBC
Four:
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What’s happening? This is happening!! Me &
@scirad
@ the 2019 AIB international Media Excellence Awards for
#13MinutestotheMoon
. Winner best Factual Podcast! Wish you were here
@AndrewLuckBaker
!!
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#13Minutestothemoon
wins again! Massive congrats to
@AndrewLuckBaker
@HansZimmer
@clundbergmusic
for an incredibly well deserved
#Webby
for Best Original Music and Sound Design.
We’re really thrilled that
#13MinutestotheMoon
podcast has won the
#Webby
for Best Original Music/Sound Design, big thank you to all the fans who also voted for it – it’s the People’s Voice winner too.
@HansZimmer
told us about the theme music last year
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Dear
#13MinutestotheMoon
fans. Hoping I can persuade you to vote for us in the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
#Apollo13
#NASA
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Thanks for sticking with us this past 30 days. In the final hour of the campaign we’ve hit our target.
#16Sunsets
is going to get made. You’re all amazing. Thank you so much for believing in us.
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A million thank you’s to all who helped us make
#WeNeedtoTalkAboutDeath
.
The patients you saw gave up some of the most precious time anyone ever could, to change our minds about what might be possible, right up until the very last moments of our lives.
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Time to lay claim my little known Scottish ancestry: Kev McFong of the clan McFong.
NHS staff in Scotland being offered 4% pay rise, says Nicola Sturgeon
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So sorry to hear this news. One of the great explorers of our time. Ad Astra
@AstroMCollins
thank you for everything.
Family Statement on Passing of Astronaut Michael Collins
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A dose of
#MondayMotivaton
. S2 E4 of
#13Minutestothemoon
: Power Brokers.
Feels like something we made in another life & another universe. Hope you love it all the same.
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“Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
@AndrewLuckBaker
,
@scirad
& I are back in the command module for another Apollo odyssey
#13Minutestothemoon
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#COVID19
vaccine news from Pfizer is as good as it gets. But it’s like watching your football team go one nil up in the first 5 minutes of the World Cup: cause for excitement, way too early to celebrate but a real reason to hope.
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#HAPPYNEWYEAR
!! So very proud of everything we’ve done together this year. Filled only with hope for 2021 & everything it will bring.
#NHS
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Lost.
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Ah! The brilliant kiddie upfront in this video, effortlessly trading guitar skills for unbridled enthusiasm, is basically me in everything I do.
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Last Episode of S2
#13Minutestothemoon
#Resurrection
drops at 00:13 tonight. Made at a difficult time for everyone. Massive kudos to
@AndrewLuckBaker
who did the heavy lifting for the series, but particularly for this episode.
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Always loved the idea of this crew, felt so much like the future had arrived: would have seen the first teacher, second African American, first Jewish woman, first Asian American & first person of Japanese ancestry in space.
#Challenger35
#NASA
#PerArduaAdAstra
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We made it all the way to splash down! I find myself standing on the aircraft carrier deck blinking in disbelief. Thanks a million to all who backed us to bring
#16Sunsets
to life. Me,
@scirad
& the brilliant
@AndrewLuckBaker
are gonna get this done for you.
#GoForLaunch
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For those who asked, here’s a screenshot of the lessons learned paragraph from the Episode 7
#13MinutestotheMoon
script.
#NHS
#COVID19
#Apollo13
#NASA
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Dear Santa ...
Is it a bird?🐦 Is it a plane?! ✈️
No, it's thought to be the world's first 'Jet Suit paramedic'! 🚀
In a trial run near Bowfell in the Lake District by the
@GNairambulance
&
@takeonGravity
, a casualty site was reached in just 90 seconds...it would've taken 25 mins on foot!
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Great launch
#SpaceX
. Tune in June 8 for our
@bbcworldservice
podcast landing. The delayed final episode of
#13Minutestothemoon
#Resurrection
out June 8.
#Demo2
#LaunchAmerica
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We’re back (from outer space) with “Gagarin and the Lost Moon” for
@BBCRadio4
tonight at 8pm.
Wonderful to be back in the saddle alongside
#13Minutestothemoon
maestro
@AndrewLuckBaker
for this one off cosmic adventure.
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Booping Snoopy. Astronaut Tom Stafford walking out for Apollo 10 in 1969. Gen Stafford Commanded the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, possibly the first clear memory I have of anything. Had the honour of meeting him years later in Houston. Farewell, thank you & safe flight.
#NASA
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Congratulations & good luck to our new doctors. Here’s my annual
#FY1
guidance:
Turn up on time. Work hard. Play hard. Ask if you don’t know. Go home at the end of the day. Know when the day is done. Play harder.
#TipsfornewDocs
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Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great 1/2467 🧵
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Monday June 8th 2020 00:13
Last one from the
#13MinutestotheMoon
team.
S2 E7 : Resurrection
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Thanks all for watching, cheering & crying with us. Kudos to our brill production team who all deserve a ride into space aswell
#Astronauts
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If we do not look after healthcare staff they cannot look after their patients. We’ve learned that lesson the hard way. The ending of NHS Practitioner Health is a backwards step and a false economy. Really hard to make sense of this move. Read this 🧵 from
@ClareGerada
There is no ‘backstory’ to ending of 2/care
@NHSPracHealth
other than (we’re told) - no budget. To remind, it was established following suicide of a psychiatry who also killed her baby and highlighted the barriers doctors have in accessing mental health care.
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Every single bed manager should get a bloody knighthood. Could not do their job.
#Hospital
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Back up crew for Apollos 8 & 11, survivor & Lunar Module pilot for
#Apollo13
, 1st pilot to fly the prototype shuttle Enterprise on approach & landing. Was a true joy for me &
@AndrewLuckBaker
to talk with the legend that is astronaut Fred Haise in Houston for
#16Sunsets
#NASA
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Nothing but respect for this ICU team. Fascinating and sobering footage from Wuhan.
#COVID2019
"Every time we intubate a patient, we have no option of failure."
Meet the intubation team in Wuhan who have a high risk of being infected but still spare no efforts to save patients' lives from
#COVID19
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Had a crack at astronaut selection. Amazing being in the process alongside some truly incredible people. So great to see
@ESA
push the boundaries with the para-astronaut programme. Only wish they’d been bolder still with their final class.
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#13minutestotheMoon
Command Module crew, 9 months ago, in front of the mission planning board. We’ve come a long way.
#Apollo50
@AndrewLuckBaker
,
@scirad
& me.
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Boom! That's how you do that.
#WelcomeHomeTim
Massive, massive congrats to
@spacegovuk
@astro_timpeake
!!
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Despite the last few days' headlines please note: Immigration is not the reason the
#NHS
is struggling right now. In fact quite the reverse.
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Would be easy to say “this didn’t age well” but this is far from being a joke.
#Covid19
is real, the suffering of our patients & frontline teams is real, the loss of life is real. Help us to help you.
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHS
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How cool is this? An astrobiological periodic table from the brilliant Charles Cockell
http://t.co/NuEhp6ouXu
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