Cowboys and catheters
Rural health can get rough. Making the cut as a doctor may be equal parts experience, ingenuity – and knowing when to call a friend when you’re out there on your own.
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Ten reasons to go rural
Nationwide, health care students from nurses to psychologists are gearing up to submit their preferences for their community service placements. Our rural doctor-turned-blogger gives them 10 reasons to “go rural.”
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To bant or not to bant?
Our rural doctor completes her two-week budget banting challenge. See what she gained and what she lost on the diet – besides 1.7 kgs.
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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 enters her second week on Tim Noakes’ banting diet on a budget.
Read MoreBLOG: Rural respite: Coming home
Our rural community service doctor rounds out week one of her “banting challenge” as she heads to Johannesburg for some rest and relaxation.
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