Everyone wants to get rich or wealthy. How do you get wealthy? There are get rich quick schemes flaunting our markets, but it is important you understand that there is a basic psychology behind getting wealthy – being caught in the cash flow from top to bottom. Is financial knowledge required? Yes it is! Because…
GRATITUDE
Over these last few days, God has been teaching me something about gratitude. In subtle ways about how gratitude is an essential key in our walk with Him. Over the past few months, I recall correctly, having to go through a very stressful ordeal for which I had to be on a hospital bed for…
LIVING WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Today I would like to do a post on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Imagine this 6 year old child, who persistently punches your eardrums with months of the year; when instructed to tell the time. In an attempt to mention each month, she re-echoes your tympanic membrane by hitting the table. You might need a…
TRANSITION
Kwaku is rushed to the hospital wheeled in by a stretcher at 7:25pm GMT, repeatedly vomiting and profoundly confused. Everything he says makes no sense as blood oozes from the temporal side of his head.Chasing his stretcher, is his best friend who trips and falls as he attempts to phone Kwaku’s parents. He places the…
FAITH OVER KNOWLEGDE
I strolled from one female ward to another, looking for a patient who was kind enough to give me her medical history – a comprehensive picture of what she suffered from to generate a diagnosis. I almost gave up when six patients I almost attended to pulled their cover cloths over their heads in an…
THE MENACE
I check the clock smiling above my pillow, 5:05pm it tells me as I contest with my eyes just to keep them open, scanning my phone to see who was disturbing my sleep. I had slept for only 10mins and a migraine was imminent. I marvel at the name that pops up on my screen;…
ACT OF MERCY
12th October 2016, I raced for the consulting room after our team leader had informed us, he had received a dozen missed calls from our consultant. We could tell we were in for a very long day. A day full of “why don’t you know this?” ,“you students are not learning!”. I rehearsed a medical…
WHY WE AGE
15th September 2016, I slouched in my chair as I watched my grandfather writhe in pain on a mat in his room, unable to move his head and legs without a click being heard. As old as He was, his vision failed him that he had to hear a voice before he recognized anyone who…
THE MISSING INGREDIENT
Humans! Science would say we belong to a Family characterized by a complex brain, an erect posture, the ability to move with our two legs and the ability to use our hands effectively. Our complex brains enable us exhibit extreme forms of reasoning, problem solving, language and different cultures through learning and interacting with the…
THE UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
I paced through the wards frantically trying to adapt to the new ballgame at hand. In this case, I was no longer that medical student jumping from one patient to the other, but the doctor to whom a patient’s life would be entrusted to. As usual my white lab coat was neatly ironed. Did I…
Eliezer Ntim 