Dear friends, A year ago, I announced the postponed of the Arclight India project and spoke about my deep concerns for the people of India who were enduring a tsunami of new infections. Back then, their health care system had buckled under the unprecedented demand which came to us only as heart-breaking and horrifying images […]
Exploring Telemedicine With The Arclight
Although the travel plans in India have been postponed, other Arclight projects have been far from idle. Over the past year I have been working with a small team explore the use of the Arclight in telemedicine. Telemedicine is a relatively new word but its place in the medical sphere is rapidly morphing from a […]
Arclight Project Update: Where are we now and Where to next?
Hello everyone. Some time and many things have passed since the last time I wrote in this blog. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the world has changed. This is true not only systemically speaking, but on an individual level for so many people. Myself included. In May I rode my motorcycle […]
Stories of Intensive Care Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic
This an account written about my time working in ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The events are described almost exactly I experienced them. These are not exceptional stories. For those working in Intensive Care medicine, walking on a knifes edge with death at one side and life on the other is an everyday occurrence. These […]
Postponing, not moaning
Dear All, Its the 1st of May and instead of running into the North Sea to greet the rising sun over the first of the Scottish summer skies, I am writing this blog post. ‘May Dip’ would have been a much milder swim than the bold times we braved the sea on February’s frosty mornings […]
COVID-19 and Bionics
Hello there my friends. We are in an unprecedented time of chaos. The library from which I write is pretty much empty. It’s very eerie and everyone has one thing at the forefront of their minds. Much like the day following Brexit (will never forget mum wailing at 5 am the morning of my final […]