tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post3655508363472799962..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: choicesBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-45285008766591991802010-02-27T03:08:05.326+02:002010-02-27T03:08:05.326+02:00I feel a pain deep in my throat reading this post....I feel a pain deep in my throat reading this post. How sad, so very sad. I have found your blog not too long ago, and I really like your writing.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204635978443190089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-82577535354780768872010-02-17T21:09:03.210+02:002010-02-17T21:09:03.210+02:00No I didn't, of course.
I used to work as a ...No I didn't, of course. <br /><br />I used to work as a sexual assault nurse examiner so I respect the legality of the chart.Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-28551615965427350662010-02-17T00:17:58.057+02:002010-02-17T00:17:58.057+02:00david, glad to hear. pity about the boksburg gig. ...david, glad to hear. pity about the boksburg gig. could be worse. on second thought it probably couldn't. ek hoop jou boeremeisie hou jou in toom.<br /><br />albino, i hope you didn't shred a thing. her denial doesn't mean it didn't happen.<br /><br />nicholas here we are required by law to report this sort of thing either to social services or the police. the police in this country are totally useless for a number of reasons. social services are swamped. in the end nothing will happen and the child will grow up in an abusive environment to become the next generation's hijackers and murderers. we in south africa like to call this the circle of life.<br /><br />but in all seriousness, we did report it to both the police and social services. nothing happened. we all went home and prayed the world would become a better place.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-72677467944247923962010-02-16T04:39:02.197+02:002010-02-16T04:39:02.197+02:00That's really a terrible story. Its hard to s...That's really a terrible story. Its hard to see why people stay in this situation. In the US this would have been a mandatory reporting to Child Protective Services and the child would have been taken away from the home if the mother was unwilling to move out with him/her. Sometimes I think mandatory reporting laws aren't right, but in this case it would be right on.Nicholas Fogelson, MDhttp://www.academicobgyn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-83879226448835551402010-02-15T20:34:02.704+02:002010-02-15T20:34:02.704+02:00If a bullet in her babies arm doesn't open her...If a bullet in her babies arm doesn't open her eyes then nothing will. <br /><br />So sad. <br /><br />I remember feeling the same way after spending 2h cataloging every bruise, bite, and scratch on a woman's body one night when she decided she'd "had enough" and wanted to press charges. <br /><br />Came back to the clinic the next day and told me to shred the notes in the chart because she'd changed her mind.Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-88336025049725253532010-02-15T15:44:12.721+02:002010-02-15T15:44:12.721+02:00Hi Bongi,
Reading your posts since before I start...Hi Bongi, <br />Reading your posts since before I started in SA and the experiences are so familiar... It's incredeble and incredebly sad how people treat their own lives and that of others...<br /><br />I tried to get a taste of your experiences and wanted to get into PAH. unfortunately i come from The Netherlands...so no residency permit (despite being married to a SA 'boeremeisie ;-)' ). Also had the support of Prof B. but alas...<br />Worked 2 years in Boksburg, now back in Europe. <br />Anyway: great stories boet! Dis baie lekker om jou stories te lees as jy weet wat aangaan in Hospitale. Eks hartseer eks nie meer da nie.Thabanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447206718877419514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-2221280413762124812010-02-15T14:32:27.619+02:002010-02-15T14:32:27.619+02:00It is one of the most frustrating things to be a w...It is one of the most frustrating things to be a witness to. They are damaged people themselves; they will return to the cycle time and time again. Very sad.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-68590825910093048602010-02-15T06:54:31.919+02:002010-02-15T06:54:31.919+02:00Ah, yes, Valentine's Day. Painful read.
I thi...Ah, yes, Valentine's Day. Painful read. <br />I think people do hear. Maybe just a few words. Once in a blue moon it will make a difference to someone down the line. <br />But what if all they are able to take from it, is that one person stopped what he was doing and showed concern or compassion for their or their child's welfare? I should hope it would in some way matter to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-20805950713923033372010-02-15T06:05:06.822+02:002010-02-15T06:05:06.822+02:00A study from the trauma unit in the hospital I'...A study from the trauma unit in the hospital I'm working at showed that most paediatric NAIs (non-accidental injuries) occur when parents use their child as a shield against a violent partner (most of them claim that they thought the partner would desist when faced with the child).<br /><br />Poor kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-25634188467931451382010-02-15T04:43:03.278+02:002010-02-15T04:43:03.278+02:00It always amazes me how far things go where you ar...It always amazes me how far things go where you are. How you can deal with it all emotionally? IDK.<br /><br />People certainly die here as well in domestic cases but there are laws that promote early intervention by automating police and child welfare actions (removal of child to protective custody, as the mother would most likely be deemed incapable of care) It would legally be my responsibility to initiate this cascade.<br /><br />-SCNSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-57682538027992202892010-02-14T23:46:58.893+02:002010-02-14T23:46:58.893+02:00Most times I am bamboozled by the decisions some f...Most times I am bamboozled by the decisions some folk make. Sometimes not even a mile in another's shoes enables understanding.Jabulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847825459654555235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-44104755586195756102010-02-14T23:41:39.226+02:002010-02-14T23:41:39.226+02:00Sad, the choices made in the name of "love&qu...Sad, the choices made in the name of "love"rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com