Interesting story of a Malaysian, who grew up in a village in Malaysia, and how he slogged his way through medical school and ended up in New Zealand. He now holds a Professorship from the University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine, and article this tells of his success in pioneering a novel treatment for Strawberry nevi. To view the PDF slideshow, select Full from the bottom panel to view Full screen.
Hat-tip to Dr Khaw in the MMR Forums.
This a YouTube clip of 16-year-old Sarah Phillips’ emotional tribute to her dying mother which has become an internet sensation (via Digg.com, Daily Telegraph)
After saying an emotional farewell to her dying mother, Sarah Phillips, 16, decided to produce a personal tribute to Debbie Phillips’s four-year battle against cancer.
Alone in her bedroom, Sarah read the words of the song “Autumn”, by Scottish singer Paulo Nutini, from the internet.
Then, holding her mobile phone in her left hand and using it as a recording device, she sang the song pitch perfect without any music – and without a single mistake or hesitation.
Four and a half hours later, Sarah and the rest of her family were at Mrs Phillips’ bedside in the family home when she took her final breath. She was 48.
While advances have been made in cancer prevention, early detection and in treatment, the reality is that many patients still succumb to the disease. In Malaysia, the Cancer Statistics (pdf format) are still grim and cancer as a whole is still a leading killer in our society. Many of you would have had a loved one lost to this dreaded disease. The registry data suggests that 1:4 Malaysians will get cancer during their lifetime. Frightening isn’t it?
What can you do to help? Here are some links to websites of organisations where you can donate as they are charitable causes in the fight against cancer:
October was the Max Foundation’s Global CML awareness month campaign and Mei Ching writes in to say that it was a resounding success.
Mei Ching wants to share the TMF video Maximize Life Moments with MMR readers.
Well done, The Max Foundation!
There is sound, the tight click of clamps fixing teeth into severed blood vessels, the snuffle and gargle of the suction machine clearing the field of blood for the next stroke, the litany of monosyllables with which one prays his way down and in: clamp, sponge, suture, tie, cut. And there is color. The green of the cloth, the white of the sponges, the red and yellow of the body. Beneath the fat lies the fascia, the tough fibrous sheet encasing the muscles. It must be sliced and the red beef of the muscles separated. Now there are retractors to hold apart the wound. Hands move together, part, weave. We are fully engaged, like children absorbed in a game or the craftsmen of some place like Damascus.
Who says surgeons can’t be poets? I wish I could write like that!
(spotted in Twitter; more on Richard Selzer in Wikipedia)
I came across a video of Nick Vujicic in Facebook. It’s a truly amazing story of how one man grew up with so much disability and hardship yet found the motivation and courage to be such an inspiration to others.
You inspired us with your little films clips on family values, kinship, friendship, colour-blindness and interracial ties. You teased us on our human frailties and weaknesses. You made us think, laugh and cry.
You may be gone, but you will not be forgotten.
This TV commercial “Funeral” was made by Yasmin for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
(it) looks at relationships in a different light, through a woman at her husband’s funeral. Ultimately, the TVC celebrates the beautiful imperfections that make a relationship perfect. This is fresh off MCYS latest Viewers’ Choice 2008 win for last year’s Family TVC which promotes the importance and value of family bonding.
It has become a beloved ritual at Dana-Farber: Every day, children who come to the clinic write their names on sheets of paper and tape them to the windows of the walkway for ironworkers to see. And, every day, the ironworkers paint the names onto I-beams and hoist them into place as they add floors to the new 14-story Yawkey Center for Cancer Care
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