In this week’s Rural Reflections, our blogger-doctor may be face-to-face with a drug mule as she...
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Ten things to celebrate when you go rural
After some tough weeks, our rural doctor-turned-blogger takes a break from the doom and gloom to...
Reading, writing & trauma in the labour ward
Our doctor-turned-blogger continues her rural awakening as she is confronted by illiteracy and...
Motherhood myths
Our rural doctor reflects on the traditions of motherhood and a colleague confirms her worst fears...
A man who eats his own eggs
Our rural doctor keeps watch over a critically ill patient and gets some words of wisdom from a...
Cowboys and catheters
Rural health can get rough. Making the cut as a doctor may be equal parts experience, ingenuity ...
Ten reasons to go rural
Nationwide, health care students from nurses to psychologists are gearing up to submit their...
To bant or not to bant?
Our rural doctor completes her two-week budget banting challenge. See what she gained and what she...
Morbidity, mortality and a whole new meaning of M&Ms
Charting death and disease in rural South Africa gives our doctor-turned-blogger flashbacks as she...
BLOG: Rural respite: Coming home
Our rural community service doctor rounds out week one of her "banting challenge" as she heads to...
BLOG: Am I excreting butter?
Our rural community service doctor is well into her first week on Tim Noakes' Banting diet as she...
BLOG: An out-of-body experience
Our rural doctor takes a break from blogging about banting to relive the heartache and trauma of...
BLOG: With enough butter, anything is good
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do...
BLOG: Banting on a Budget
Can rural households afford the latest high fat, low carb fad diet? One community service doctor...
BLOG: Reality check!
I’m surprised by how natural it feels. I step into theatre, armed with my SAMF*, stethoscope, pen...