Jun 15, 2023
COMPASSIONATE MEDICAL CARE IN MONTERREY, MEXICO!
I am writing this from Monterrey, Mexico. Most people who do not know Mexico well would be surprised how Europeanised and well organised and clean the city is; With this…
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Medical Themes: <span>Medical Anthropology</span>
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May 15, 2023
IF YOU WISH TO DIE EARLIER, MIGRATE TO THE USA, I TOLD A GROUP OF FOREIGN ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AT A MEETING
I am fortunate to visit USA to be with the indigenous people of that country and on arrival at JFK or Miami, the first thing that hits you, is the…
May 15, 2023
HEROES OF QUILMES, DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE HOSPITAL AT DR OLLER FRANCISCO SOLANO IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES IN ARGENTINA
I had come to Buenos Aires to visit a good friend of mine, whom I had known in La Habana, Cuba. He works as a front line doctor in the…
May 15, 2023
LAMENTO HABANERO. THE LAMENT FOR MY LITTLE ISLAND IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
LAMENTO POR MI ISLA RICA, MI CUBA A lo largo de los años de visita a Baracoa, la primera ciudad de Cuba, fundada en 1511, tuve la fortuna de conocer…
May 15, 2023
MY PASSION FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND THEIR DISPASSIONATE FUTURE
A friend of mine jokingly once asked me: do you choose to fall in love with countries with peculiar problems or does it just happen? Myanmar, for instance. For a…
Apr 15, 2023
MERIDA MEXICO IS A DREAM I FELT SO ALIVE THERE .. AND THANKFUL FOR FRIENDS ON THIS JOURNEY
Many years ago, during a Psychiatry rotation (the only specialty where the Nurses Assistant knows as much as the Doctor, was my conclusion, even though I would have made a…
Mar 15, 2023
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDERS ON ONE INTERNATIONAL MISSION
When I answer people's query about my imprecise profession, I mention International Medicine, they have visions of me, struggling through tropical rain forests or zones of conflicts in Africa! These…
Mar 15, 2023
HAFEZ. HIS INFLUENCE ON YOUR MIND CENTURIES AND THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES APART
Recuperating from the long trip from Kuala Lumpur to Miami, I decided to use the silence to incorporate some poems of Hafez into my life On the first night back…
Feb 15, 2023
A MOST PLEASANT 14 FEBRUARY. DIA DE LA AMISTAD AS WE SAY IN CUBA. A DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
Today has turned out to be a very pleasant day.. I do not pay much attention to the Valentine's Day hype in the West but in Cuba this day is…
Jan 15, 2023
WHAT WOULD AN ANTHROPOLOGIST UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS PHOTO ?
Look at the photo first without reading the captions. What do you see ? what do you feel ? that would tell more about you than the substance of the…
Jan 15, 2023
I AM THE JEWISH MAQROLL. WELCOME TO MY MAGICAL WORLD
I am all alone in this house, the silence is so welcome. Most but not all, people in America are afraid of silence and they have to keep on chatting,…
Jan 15, 2023
WHERE IS MY CUBAPASION ? WHERE IS THE GHOST OF THIS MOVEABLE CITY
Cities evoke a nostalgia in me . My own home city of Melbourne always reminded me of the fragrance of the flowers that i use to sense as I walked…