Impacts of the pandemic on anaesthetic trainees
Dr Richard Seglenieks is an Anaesthetic Registrar at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. Here, he provides some additional reflections following on from a previous post in June 2020. I have found living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic stressful, and I...
Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy – The Legacy of J Marion Sims
Anarcha was 17 years old and went into labour with her first child. She struggled for three days before medical help was sought. When help arrived, it was a local doctor with no particular interest in reproductive health. In his own words, “[i]f there was anything I...
COVID-19 as an Anaesthetic Trainee
Dr Richard Seglenieks is an Anaesthetic Registrar at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. Here, he records his reflections on the ‘strange times’ we’re living and working in during 2020. We are living in strange times. It feels entirely...