other things amanzi

the thoughts of a surgeon in the notorious province of mpumalanga, south africa. comments on the private and state sector. but mostly my personal journey through surgery.

Friday, December 29, 2006

bariatric surgery

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bariatric surgery is on the up and coming in our country. i understand it is very common in the us of a. being from a country that openly ad...

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

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this is an interesting case our hospital recently saw. i was not personally involved so i had the advantage of viewing it through the retros...

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a world in one country

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last week i drove down to nelspruit to do a locum there over the christmas period. while driving down i remembered how much i love this coun...

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

origional man

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earlier this week there was an interesting bit of news about a small group of bushmen that won a court battle against the botswana governmen...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

military precision

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i have been in the priveledged position to observe the systematic destruction of health care in the beautiful province of mpumalanga first h...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

"thank you doctor, you saved my life"

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sometimes i used to wonder what the students thought of us when we were registrars. one particular story springs to mind that i thought quit...

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

mpumalamga is burning

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the capital of our province is a beautiful town called nelspruit in the lowveld (subtropical region in the east). actually i should give it ...

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Bongi: I'm a general surgeon working in the notorious South African province of Mpumalanga.

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