Patients lie. That’s not a secret. It’s the reason doctor notes read like police reports. “The patient denies smoking.” “The patient states they lost the prescription for Vicodin that the ER gave her two days ago.” It would be kinder if we wrote “the patient doesn’t smoke” and “the patient lost her prescription” but do […]
2016 – The Year of Zika
We are barely a month into 2016, and already it seems we have found our illness du jour. ZIKA VIRUS! I will admit that Zika virus is relatively new to me despite being an infectious disease specialist. When I first heard of it in 2014 through an online news report out of Brazil, I had to […]
A Thought about the Wards at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
My thoughts about the wards at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana have been a long time coming. I have tried to figure out how to summarize my opinions without being too critical. As previously mentioned, there are 26 inpatient beds in the Fever’s Unit. There are 2 beds in each room, 2 drawers, and a TV. There […]