Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
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Aug 15, 2020
IN MANY WAYS CUBAN MEDICINE UNSELFISHLY REACHES OUT TO THE WORLD … IT HELPS ME HELP OTHERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR ARCHENEMY
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Aug 15, 2020
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE DEATHS OF US HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
Aug 15, 2020
HISTORIC DAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU COURAGEOUS PEOPLE OF THE EMIRATES. A NEW ERA DAWNS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Whenever I am on board Qatar Airways, I think, when will I be flying QR to TLV???? Looks like it might soon.. after the covid 19 scare is over. For…
Aug 15, 2020
Nunca vou esquecer, apesar de que nunca fui lá ..Je n’oublierai pas pourtant je n’y suis jamais allé
The Journey, I said Good Bye and You never arrived . Tenho saudade de tudo “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For…
Jul 15, 2020
JEWS OF KURDISTAN … LIFE THEN AND NOW .. IN ISRAEL
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…
Jul 15, 2020
FALSE FRIENDS SPANISH, FRENCH AND PORTUGESE …
If you are an English speaker, and are trying to speak Spanish or Portugese or Francaise, you would be tempted by cognates which mean the same in either language and…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…
Jul 15, 2020
LITTLE DOCTORS AND NURSES OF CUBA , TEACHING THEIR FELLOW PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Kindergarten students demonstrating the proper way to cough to their classmates in Bayamo, Cuba. They are dressed as Health Care Professionals. Cuba has one of the best PUBLIC HEALTH systems…
Jul 15, 2020
A WORD OF ADVICE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS,,,,,, REGARDING PATIENT CARE IN THE COMING DECADES …LEARN TO BE GOOD GARDENERS AND NOT SHOPKEEPERS
In his powerful book, the influential Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari argues that within a decade or two, the role of the primary care provider would become redundant as more…
Jul 15, 2020
LHASA DE SELA. ANYWHERE ON THE ROAD. A LOVELY SONG OF NOSTALGIA
One thing I have learned through this self isolation of Covid 19 is that there are an awful lot of unhappy people in this world and most of them do…
Jul 15, 2020
WALK IN SOMEONE’S MOCCASINS.. A GOOD TIP FOR BALANCE OF MIND
You see people getting angry at each other, for some silly infraction or not.. remember... Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins . He who…