This is the link for decree 5 (2010) for the new pay structure for Kuwaiti Doctors:
Click here to view
January 23, 2010
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January 20, 2010
Donate to Haiti: How to Choose a Charity?
As there aren't a lot of volunteering opportunities for unskilled students, you may be wondering what can you do to help Haiti? The best thing you can do is donate money to relief agencies, which are in desperate need of money. Be warned, there are lots of fake sites that don't forward your donation to charities.
InterAction has a list of genuine charities, which are trying to raise money to help the affected people of Haiti. Click here to view the list and donate generously!
Also, if anyone has any ideas what else we can do to help please let us know by leaving a comment or sending an e-mail.
January 19, 2010
Qatar=Cornell, UAE=Harvard, Saudi=Hopkins, Bahrain=RCSI, Kuwait=Nothing
As I was browsing through medical news today, the headline 'Leading Ophthalmological Centres In The United States and Saudi Arabia Announce Affiliation' caught my eye. Apparently, the Wilmer Eye Institue of John Hopkins (which has held the top spot in USNews' annual hospital ranking since 1990) will be collaborating with King Khaled Specialist Eye Hospital in Riyadh in the following areas: patient care, education and research. Click here to read article
How come every country in the Gulf, except Kuwait, is setting up international medical collaborations? Qatar has an Ivy League medical school, Dubai has Harvard Research Foundation, plus Tawam Hospital has a John Hopkins affiliation and even Bahrain has the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. We got zip!
The opportunities such collaborations would open up for patients and doctors are invaluable. Does anyone know why we are so behind?
Volunteer in Haiti
1. Medical workers are sought by The International Medical Corps, a global nonprofit dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and treatment. IMC is taking applications for volunteer doctors and nurses, with a particular need for nurses. Go to their website atwww.imcworldwide.org and click on the "How You Can Help" tab.
2. The Washington, D.C.-based Visions in Action (www.visionsinaction.org), an international nonprofit committed to achieving social and economic justice in the developing world through grassroots programs, seeks an earthquake relief volunteer immediately for a two to four-week trip to Haiti to assess needs and determine how VIA can best respond to the crisis. Please send a cover letter, CV, and the contact information for three references to: haiti@visionsinaction.org for immediate consideration.
3. The Global Volunteer Network is now working to implement a long-term, sustainable volunteer project in Haiti. Once their team of specialists determines needs, GVN will send in volunteers over the next 12 months, with a likely start date of March onwards. Volunteers are needed from one week to six months to help with working with children; teaching; health/medical; building and construction; counseling; or business development. You can find more information at www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti/
4. Massachusetts-based Ministries of Aides International, a humanitarian organization focusing on needy children worldwide, urgently needs volunteers to help distribute supplies and assist nurses and physicians in their work to help the victims of the earthquake. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Wladimir D. Lahens at 617 -250-8516, email volunteers@ministriesofaidesinternational.org or visit their website at www.ministriesofaidesinternational.org.
5. Over 7,000 registered nurses have already answered the call from their union, the National Nurses United, to volunteer in Haiti. If you are a nurse, you can call 1-800-578-8225, visitwww.nationalnursesunited.org or fill out a volunteer form atwww.calnurses.org/rnrn/rnrn-volunteer-form.html
6. Boston-based Partners in Health (www.pih.org) urgently needs orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, nurses, post-op nurses, and surgical technicians. They are unable to accommodate any volunteers without significant surgical or trauma training and experience. Applicants can fill out a form here.
7. While the Red Cross isn't accepting volunteers to travel to Haiti now, there will be a need down the road for more medical personnel, translators and others who need to receive appropriate disaster training now.The Red Cross (www.redcross.org) asks potential volunteers to contact their local Red Cross chapter for this training.
8. Both medical and non-medical workers can register to volunteer their services with the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI), based in Washington, D.C. Relief agencies browse through the listings to find volunteers who match their needs. The CIDI, funded by the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, promotes activities and donations to help disaster victims around the world. You can visit the CIDI's registration page atwww.cidi.org/reg_off.htm or call 703-276-1914.
9. The Anir Experience, based in Lewisburg, West Virginia, is assembling three teams of volunteers to travel to Haiti July 3-17, 2010. Teams will be 15 members each for either construction, first-aid/health care or child care. For more information go to www.anirfoundation.org/Haitipage2.html or contact them at Programs@anirexperience.org.
10. Habitat for Humanity International is currently assessing response options in Haiti. Once the organization knows the full magnitude of the disaster, Habitat will require support from volunteers. Contactwww.habitat.org to register to volunteer or for updated information on its needs.
11. The American Refugee Committee International, an international humanitarian aid agency that works with 2.5 million people annually, has information for prospective volunteers in Haiti here.
12. The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (www.CRCNA.org), which has been working with churches and community organizations in Haiti for more than 30 years, is not clear on whether or not additional volunteers will be needed for CRWRC's response. Those who are interested in volunteering should call Carol Sybenga at 1-800-730-3490 or e-mail volunteer@crcna.org.
13. World Hope International (www.worldhope.org), a faith-based relief and development organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, will mobilize volunteers to assist their Haitian staff and communities in clean-up and rebuilding once the work of its first responders ebbs. Visit their website for more information.
14. For more information on volunteer positions as they arise, regularly check Idealist.org. Also, check out InterAction, a coalition of NGO's with a regularly updated list of its member organizations involved with Haiti at www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti.
January 14, 2010
You can have open heart surgery whilst wide awake
This is a real image. Click here to read more about it
Apparently, this open heart surgery procedure, which only uses an epidural as an anesthetic was developed in India and you can buy a DVD to learn how to do it.
January 12, 2010
Medics Challenge!
61 year-old lady with a history of Alzheimer’s dementia develops shortness of breath and coughing.
Her husband explains that she became rather vague and unusual during the last 4-5 days; her speech is incoherent with some rambling and irrelevant chatting, which come and go. She also has difficulty focusing and has become very lethargic.
The patient developed pneumonia twice over the last 2-3 weeks. Her past medical history is significant for hypertension and depression for which she takes vals
artan and paroxetine, respectively. She smokes cigarettes and drinks no alcohol.
Bloods for haematology and biochemistry are shown.
What's going on?!!
NB. please note normal values for lab parameters:
Hb (11.7-15.7), MCV(80-99), WBC (3.5-11), Platelets (150-440), Na (135-145), K (3.5-5), Urea (2.5-6.7), Creatinine (70-120). Glucose (4-6), Albumin (35-50), plasma osmolality (275-295), urine osmolality (rang
e; 100-1000).
CLINICAL LESSONS;
1/ be able to differentiate confusion from dementia using CAM
2/ Be able to recognize SIADH - it is suggested by dilutional hyponatraemia with
3/ Be able to categorize the causes of hyponatraemia (dilutional or salt-losing causes)
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