Dispensary Corner 21 Jul 15
July 21, 2015
British health secretary Jeremy
Hunt has created a storm of social
media outrage after suggesting
that doctors in England are
reluctant to work on the weekend.
Last week he threatened to
remove a weekend opt-out clause
from hospital doctor contracts,
saying the so-called ‘Monday to
Friday culture’ was causing the
deaths of 6,000 people annually.
Over the weekend hundreds
of doctors who were actually
working used Twitter to post
photos of themselves on
the job using the hashtag
#ImInWorkJeremy.
One of the captions, from an
emergency department physician
at Derriford said he was on his
sixth shift that week, adding
“Damn these lazy doctors and
their extravagant weekends”.
Who said men aren’t good at
multitasking?
A man from Texas has proven his
ability to accomplish more than
one thing at a time, by filming
his wife giving birth as he drives
her through traffic to a birthing
centre.
Lesia Pettijohn’s waters broke
while the couple were caught in
traffic for more than an hour, and
the baby came quickly meaning
she had to “self-deliver” their 5kg
baby son.
When it became apparent they
weren’t going to make it, husband
John whipped out his cellphone
to capture the moment.
The four-minute video
reportedly shows him “calmly
instructing his wife while she
screams ‘It’s coming out! It’s
coming out!’” according to KHOUTV
in Houston.
Staff at the birth centre were
somewhat surprised to find
baby Josiah being cradled by his
mother when the couple finally
arrived.
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