A Physician's Diary

A Physician's Diary

The Religion of COVID-19

As the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads across the world, with more than 113,000 cases and 48,000 deaths globally; health and government officials

Unsung Heroes

It is a hot Monday morning and the out-patient clinic is busy as usual.  The crowd is restless and the air, humid. The blades of the ceiling fan rotat

Baby Blues

I was in the middle of haggling with a tomato seller when she called me. A pretty, young woman holding a toddler. She looked vaguely familiar. She hug

Surviving Lassa (II): Fifty-one years later

There is a story of a man whose house was attacked in the middle of the night by armed robbers. They came in quietly brandishing their arms and the ma

Generation Equality

As a child, I dreamed of many things. My days were filled with me imagining I was some sort of wonder woman or whichever cartoon character I was enamo