Remembering today one of my patients. I was discussing the risk of an operation and she simply showed me her tattoo and replied “don’t worry, I understand risk” #LestWeForget
Dr Helgi
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Dr Helgi
@doctorhelgi
Dr Helgi Johannsson - Anaesthesiologist, council member RCoA, human. Tweets as a human. Thread/bluesky same username. 🇮🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈
- Absolutely broken-hearted today to say a final goodbye to my son Christian, who died of suicide two weeks ago. So many emotions that I just can’t voice, but thank you everyone who has already supported us, and especially the amazing friends tagged who came up. ❤️
- In April @ImperialNHS brought our previously outsourced porters and cleaners onto NHS contracts, and I asked one of our porters how things were going today. They all feel more valued Their pay has gone up from £7.50 (!) to about £11 per hour (The London living wage).
- Replying to @doctorhelgiShe wanted me to take the photo and use it to remind us how easily we can hate. We must never take peace for granted, we must actively work to keep it, we have to be tolerant of each other. #LestWeForget
- Discussing risk with my 83 y.o.patient this week she showed me her tattoo & replied "I understand risk" #LestWeForget
- A beautiful spring evening, shed a small tear as the whole of Lodnon erupted in cheers and applause. Thank you, London! (Put your sound on) #ClapForCarers #clapforNHS #wembleyarch #london #bestcityintheworld
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00:00- I’m fed up with the argument that the NHS just needs to be more efficient. Any organisation that has increased its productivity by about 10% without increase in funding should be seen as a success story. It’s now stretched too far. #NHSCrisis #BBCR4today
- A UK hospital has safely treated more than 30,000 patients allowing unrestricted clear fluid until the time of operation. Improved patient satisfaction, reduction in post op nausea and vomiting. Let’s top saying “nil by mouth from midnight”, and allow our patients to drink.
- As many of you know I have been mentoring a group of want-to-be medical students at an inner city school in Hackney. After the A-level results today some of our absolute star pupils who I know would have done extremely well are struggling to get in. This cannot be fair!
- Grief is a weird thing. Been fine for ages, then on this part of my run this morning it hit me really quite hard. Also, there are so many people whose Christmas hasn’t been what it was supposed to be this year. I hope you’ve had an ok day. 💙
- In my operating theatre this afternoon every doctor and nurse had been vaccinated. Things may be dark now, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
- After arriving in the UK in 1984 aged twelve I finally became a citizen today. I’m beyond proud and wish I’d done this years ago, if only for the privilege of being able to vote.
