I knew clinical practice was not for me that one day in 4th year when we were clerking and I asked a patient for their usual drugs and I couldn't figure out what Kafedero was all day.
Barua hazikuendewa despite 50 interns calling Senje to ask for placement, now in their wisdom they're breaching personal data and spending money to post in the papers? LMAO. They keep taking Ls.
Empathy in medical procedures in Kenya is mostly the provider saying "sorry, sorry" and "iko karibu kuisha" "aki pole" while they poke and prod and debride without anesthesia lmao.
When you refuse to
#postmedicalinterns
, you infringe on the following rights:
1. Their right to education - internship is continued medical education.
2. Their right to gainful employment - they need the licence
3. Mwananchi rights to access quality healthcare - doctors are few
How we're stepping into the new ((big)) shoes at the
@KMANairobi
council.
I'm so honored, and I can't wait to uphold the trust of those who elected me. Here's to a great term!
This may sound petty, but I just... where was the space for personal responsibility? You do bad, it's always the devil. When you work hard and succeed, ni God. Then why do I even exist? 😂 this was the beginning of the road out for me
Ex-Christians, what led you to reject Christianity? Any answers would be appreciated and can be as short or long as you like. So, why did you reject Christianity?
Looking for the module in the Kenyan MBChB syllabus that teaches graduates to shoot themselves in the foot online at any given chance. Some of the takes being posted here are not it, my friends.
Remembering when I was rotating in obs/gyn and I walked towards this woman to take her history and as I walked towards her, she saw me and then proceeded to "fall asleep" 😂 like damn just say you don't wanna talk
Looool I remember my million trips to afya house begging for my salary, only to be asked to "share" my salary with the guys in those 12x rooms ndio niweke kwa payroll.
#paymedicalinterns
because this nonsense is actually disgusting.
sisi tunabreak our backs doing long hour shifts,
without nhif cover yet,
without pay,
its going onto 5 months now na nothing in site & we cant keep taking loans to sustain ourselves,
the only motivation that keep med interns going is that payslip
#paymedicalinterns
Doctors peak is so unhinged I'm scrimming 😂😂 I love it when language fails and medspeak takes over. Look at this art 😂
Senje hajui eti ndio mambo yameanza tu?
My unpopular opinion is that Dr. Bungoma and unemployed sidekick are paid state actors to detract conversation from
#postmedicalinterns
because you can clearly see which convers-
1. When did pre-existing agreements become a currency of reward?
2. Professionals are pretty much the backbones of their industries, so how do you prioritize healthcare (in this case) without HRH?
To expect an elected administration to prioritize (insert cadre) over rewarding people who sacrificed to bring it to power, and who it will need next election, is to be ignorant about democracy in particular and human nature in general—a fool’s paradise.
Took a year off to sort out the knots in my head and heart regarding clinical practice and I now just feeling good enough to give it another go.
Serena 1 - 0 Trauma 🥳
"The Council has embarked on revamping its human resource capacity to enable a more efficient delivery of its mandate."
Yet they never say anything regarding interns. Rather tone deaf to talk about HRH while neglecting its backbone. Do better
@KmpdcOfficial
#postmedicalinterns
2/2 Simon Kiraithe Deputy Director Corporate Communication and Public Relations on 17th March, 2022. The Council has embarked on revamping its human resource capacity to enable a more efficient delivery of its mandate.
#KMPDCEnsuringQualityHealthcare
Agreed and seconded! And maybe, this time, such high level discussions should not be held behind closed doors, and they should involve the very ones that are feeling the pinch. Over to you
@MOH_Kenya
#postmedicalinterns
#paymedicalinterns
I'm just chuckling here in the corner because people are asking docs on the tl ati why they work insane hours? LMAO.
Foolishness is raining out here kama pesa za campaign, please mark yourselves safe.
Interns have been paid this amount tangu (before tax and deductions), it's not new. So why is it now that you're opening your mouths??? Semeni mlikula budget and Go.
I hate it when the system keeps you distracted fighting for survival, so much so that you barely have the time to go after the systemic issues. Generations of HCWs have been in this situation, striving to survive, and the systemic issues have prevailed.
#postmedicalinterns
Just remembered that one time I complained about neighbourhood children deflating my bike and a parent replied on the whatsapp group that I should maybe not leave my bike on my porch and I told her that where I'm from, it is the parent's responsibility to teach their offspring
Pro tip: If you need to transnight for any reason, the soundtrack you're looking for is Rose Muhando. You'll start dozing aanze kuuliza shetani ametoa wapi mamlaka uamke 😭
But fr this babe has bangerzzzzzzz
Today was absolutely amazing. Got to learn more about rare diseases and about the gaps that exist, and to brainstorm on ways in which we could start to bridge those gaps! Here's to a wonderful year of partnership! 🥳🥳
Happening now at the
#RareDiseaseDay
event held in Nairobi Hospital Convention Center.
Panel Discussion: Understanding the challenge of managing
rare diseases. With
KMA – Dr. Serena Vulavu
KPA – Dr. Supa Tunje
RDK – Roselyn Kanja
#RareDiseaseAwareness
#RareDiseaseKE
I'd complain about it being Monday again, but my neighbour has been playing "Freedom is coming tomorrow" from Sarafina on loop since last night and I'm just slightly concerned for him.
Today we joined
@AmnestyKenya
for the launch of the Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The state of the World's Human Rights. Now more than ever, we must rise to the occasion, step up and collectively fight for the protection & promotion of
#HumanRights
@irunguhoughton
In a random flash of brilliance, I have decided to open a medical counselling facility where I will see clients who have been teenaged elsewhere but did not understand what their condition was, why the were managed as they were, and what to do next. Consultation? Thao tu.
300 MOIs would have a monthly salary, for example. Still, with plenty of change. We don't even have that 300, they're fewer. Imagine. And still, that's just about half of the Cuban Drs in the country. The other half would more than pay for the postgrads.
#postmedicalinterns
6th year, end of year, IMed, Short case. Consultant pulls out a CXR. Asks student to comment.
Me: definitely sees pathology, a mass-like thing in the mediastinum. But what are words???
Ended up pointing and gesticulating at the thing for a whole 2 minutes. 😭 😭
Today a patient asked me if Nyashinski and Sauti Sol both had concerts on the same day, which one would I choose and I told him that question is a hate crime.
Nephew built this robot by gluing together bottlecaps and then asked me to show it to everyone everywhere, even those in Mombasa, Nairobi, India, New York Cirry and Africa 😅
As the favourite aunty, I'm here to deliver. Please give Li feedback on his project. He's 7.
Loool I today had an online meeting at 7, joined at 7:05, got interrupted at 7:10, re-joined at 7:18.... onl1y to realise (at 7:20) that it was a dream and I was late for the actual meeting 😭
Suddenly feeling a compulsion to overshare...
Being neurospicy means that I do not process audio well. If you're talking to me and I'm smiling and not contributing, chances are that I don't know what you just said, and I'm saving us both the effort of having to repeat things 😂
Bc you're jaded, your juniors see and call this neglect. You're offended. It then devolves into a generational battle within your ranks, young HCWs vs the older ones who are "comfortable" with the status quo. Suddenly, you can't mobilize effectively anymore.
#postmedicalinterns
Bc you've seen this play out, you tell them to wait it out, it will get sorted eventually. "You'll be posted." "You'll be paid." "Calm down, be patient." "Be diplomatic." "We survived, so will you." On an empty stomach? In this economy?
#postmedicalinterns
#paymedicalinterns
I'm just here to say I was part of the team that collected this data. Apart from the awesome opportunity to explore the county I was assigned to, it was insane to see the state of healthcare in this country. We all know it's not good, but when you get into it? Yhooo
A basic staffing requirement for Level 2 facilities is at least 3 nurses per level 2 facility. This ensures that the facilities provide quality primary health services.
Interestingly, only Nairobi county's level2 facilities meet this criteria🥇
Homabay🫨, Kirinyaga🚩Samburu😏
#Siren_SurvivetheIsland
anyway, my favorite bit was that everyone who allied with the soldiers went home with them. Negative vibes, those ones. And the guards did literally nothing, should have gone home first actually
".withdrawal of services from midnight" has taken me back to when 7 of us went on "strike" at a mission hospital over mistreatmt 😂 our biggest debate was whether to start at midnight or 5pm (call)
you really never know the power you have until you use it.
#postmedicalinterns
TIL it is cheaper to do your MMed in SA than in UoN... wacheni niende kulilia kwa kona mahali. Same SA where we refer "difficult" issues to, is still cheaper than us? LMAOOOO as a country we joke too much. Why do we overcharge like this? Almost 3X??
I'm actually really enjoying this CME! I didn't even know that I didn't know some of the nuances regarding management of DM and fasting... mpaka I've retrieved my Katzung 😅 I'm definitely learning. Kudos to
@MombasaCountyKe
@kammpofficial
for this session.
Seen a video hapa kwa tl that just 😂 it reminded me of my biggest diplomatic faux pas 😂 at my 1st African med students conference, I met the SAfrican delegation, but they were all ✋🏻. Tell me why my unfiltered self asked why didn't they bring the ✋🏿 ones too. 😭😭
Green flag in job application: they used an exclamation! to thank us! for being interested! in joining their team! 😭
(mniombee, this delulu princess is really going through it!)
Listening to Prof. Christine Jowi sharing stories on their history of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology in the country is such an experience!
@KenyaMedics_KMA
we need an archive for all this rich history of practice in the country.
By the time you're done fighting, you're so tired, you're so demoralised. You see the generation behind you go through the same, but you can't muster the effort to fight with them. You're jaded. So the system thrives, and it keeps repeating.
#postmedicalinterns
#paymedicalinters
My controversial take is that I'm happy they do because there are people I met in training/work that I wouldn't recommend and this is an opportunity for them to expose themselves, that way I don't just sound like a hater for no reason 🙃
Kenyan doctors are becoming social media influencers and that is really the state of Kenya’s healthcare. There are just some jobs that I don’t see why you are being an influencer lol
One of my best moments was that time I wrote essays for masters majuu and used "whether we kithni or ndekni" and actually secured the admission 😂😂 ended up not going, but yhooo! Lemme tap back into that babe 😂
(N.B. I'm both a YSL Libre and Black Opium shawrry 😂)
"Celeb" professionals are funny tho... kuna mmoja nishawai message kuulizia consultation fees, akaniuliza situation, nikaexplain, akauliza kama niko na picha, nikatuma, akanyamaza.
Then the next day I wake up to see amesema watu wabook consultation instead of sending them pics 💀
@RuthlessFocus_
@Digital_Lock22
Yeah, hizi zingine came about vile walishindwa kupronoumce it in Korean. Kwanza the British Hy-un-day or whatever they say is so 😂 but yes, the Korean is Hyon(현) de(대) 😅
Today I woke up early, did several tasks, cleared my email, had a meeting, started working on action points after the meeting, thought I had a good streak going, had the idea to schedule a mani/pedi for the evening and that one extra task I added has paralysed me.
Hi
@W_Asherah
1/2 REVAMPING HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY
Daniel Yumbya, EBS KMPDC CEO, officially receives Dr. Margaret Mbugua the new Director Standards, Ms Jeanne Mathenge Deputy Director Strategy Research and Quality Assurance and...
@MOH_Kenya
@DDrnjenga
@DanielYumbya
@meeliole