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…
Tag: health
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…
FROZEN ABDOMEN
He was the talk of the news which kept every radio and tv station grimacing to the utterance of his name. How he rose to such fame was unknown by all and sundry. He was known in the entertainment industry as “the Pop”. I had access to him because we were connected by blood –…
FLOPPY BABY SYNDROME
On 20th May 2018, 09:05am, My Whatsapp alerted me of a link i had received from Jessie. Right after church, i was led to click the link; to add to the 665,700 people who had watched the video. The link drove me right to Youtube with the opening words of “the Story of a Father’s…
DUTY OF CARE
I was listening to the morning show on the radio yesterday. I was glued to my seat because the topic then being discussed was an interesting one. It was a narrative of how a 28 year old man had reported to the hospital for simple appendectomy (surgical procedure to remove the appendix) resulted in extensive…
LANGUAGE
Language is one of the most cognitive functions any individual can possess. It is an indirect mark of power; whatever you say can make you and break you.Language entails the ability to comprehend what you are being told, and the ability to express yourself. Children who experience language problems may have difficulty understanding what they…
Eliezer Ntim 