15 Apr, 2026

Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 57

The work- life balance is quite challenging. Somehow I’m tryna keep it together with the fact that I’m an intern. But My social life has just gone from 50% to 10% . I think life should be more than just eat, work, sleep and text. My man is very many districts away, And my chess […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 56

Maternal deaths scream louder than any other kind of deaths in Medicine, Very loud. And you never want this death to happen at your watch. Because even when you do everything to save this mother, somehow every finger always points back at you. I survived one yesterday. I was by the side of this patient […]

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Memoir on an intern doctor….day 54

Remember that time on day 3 when I swore I’d never learn Acholi language?Well, I’m eating my words. Very much so. Because I’m at it right now. I’m trying. I realise the next 10 months people might have lost their patience of having to interpret for every time I’m making my clerkships.I got gifted today […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…..Day 53

In 8 days time, I’ll be moving over to Surgery for my 1 month rotation. But can I say I’m already worried. First of all, mass casualties freak me out. Then also people bleeding from any part of their body other than their vagina disturbs my brain( its the only bleeding I’m used to that’s […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 51

Day 51 going strong, still working hard, smiling, and having my patients bless me. Yes, I get that daily. I have been told ‘Medicine looks good on you’ in those exact words. But I have a major challenge. I have failed to meet that fine line between Empathy and Sympathy . I have failed 😢. […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 50

Can you believe? 50 freaking days. And we’re still alive 😂😂😂. And mildly complaining😂😂. Been wondering how I’ve somehow managed to go through the past almost 8 days happy, and I think I found an answer. Not sure it will work for all you interns out there, but well. So, one Sunday when I thought […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 48

My colleague and friend (fellow intern doctor) has been having evening fevers, chills, general body weakness for the past 2 weeks. Strikingly, the evening fever patterns. She tested negative for all possible illnesses we could think of , but they were negative. We blamed it on fatigue. Her supervisor gave her a day off work, […]

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