Dr Samyak Pandey MBBS (Hons.) MSc What a journey it has been. So grateful to my family, friend and mentors who have guided me along this way 🙏 May we work to strive for excellence in the care we give to our patients. ॐ नमः शिवाय

first light in the village where I grew up

@wesstreeting If you admit the shortage of training places is a crisis, why are you using it as a bargaining chip? Patients are waiting hours in A&E and months for appointments. 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 posts this year alone. Your offer of 2,000 over 3 years doesn’t fix it.

it's not just anaesthetists. It is surgeons as well. So many post CCT surgeons are willing to cut the waiting lists, but they can not because there are no jobs for them due to recruitment freeze/lack of funding.

Suddenly, you're 27. You make your coffee, rush to work, come home around 7, and you're too tired to do anything except eat, scroll on your phone, and pass out. Then you wake up, and do it all again. And when Friday comes, maybe you go out, or maybe you're just too tired.

You don’t see neighborhoods like this anymore because most young parents don’t own homes. Less than 5% of mortgage holders are under 30 in major metros, and the average homeowner is over 50. That’s why most neighborhoods or suburbs feel empty, they’re owned by older people whose

He’s not wrong. Anecdotally, many second gen Hindu Americans who rediscover religion do so through American wellness culture (yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, etc.)

It doesn't matter if you train more 'generalists' if the training is crap! Our training is already quite long, but it can be shortened and made more efficient if a proper overhaul actually happened. Problem is there's no desire on the ground for this to happen. Training takes

It's worthwhile noting that specialty training posts aren't optional - the NHS and patients need them to exist in order for health services (both public and private) to exist. This shouldn't be anything to do with negotiations.

The cheat code nobody talks about: Being reliable. Answer emails quickly. Show up on time. Do what you said. Keep small promises. Remember details. In a world where everyone is flaky, reliability looks like genius. It's not talent.

There's a certain famous virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma. But it has not been spreading more than usual. However, a certain other famous virus also known to reduce immune system competence has.

How's that lymph system doing.

you’ve truly won in life if you have 5 friends around ur funeral pyre…singing and bidding you farewell…

As a surgical resident (a clown) in the midst of ITU doctors (proper medics), these guys are next to miracle workers. That clinical physiology and pharmacology and biochemistry you learnt in school, you will see it in real life. Absolute respect.

Happy Diwali to everyone! May Goddess Lakshmi ji bless you with prosperity and happiness. Wishing love, light and peace to all.

Happy Diwali 🪔 everyone! May good forever vanquish evil; may light forever guide your path - whichever spiritual journey you undertake x

i wish i lived in a sitcom and my friends just barged into my apartment uninvited

I struggle to understand how there isn’t widespread alarm and panic in medical leadership about the hardships young doctors face and their bleak future. I cannot believe the lack of discussion and planning around neighbourhoods and postgraduate medical education reforms over the

This thread created a bit of a stir. But as one of the few doctors trained in HoM, I think it's important to elaborate WHY I think this type of 'research' is such a problem. A thread on HoM. 🧵

Festivals are moments of “collective effervescence” , where communities experience transcendence and reaffirm shared values. When reduced to entertainment, festivals lose this function. They cease to be carriers of cultural memory and become mere spectacles.