by Suneel Dhand | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog
The very thought of ancient Rome conjures up images of powerful Emperors, lines of conquering soldiers, and breathtaking buildings such as the Colosseum. But looking at their achievements from the perspective of health and well-being, one of Rome’s biggest was...
by Suneel Dhand | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog, Corona
The new term that has pervaded the medical world over the last several months is: “Vaccine Hesitancy”. I must say, I hadn’t even heard of this phrase a year ago, and now it’s everywhere. It’s used to describe those millions of people who are not currently keen...
by Suneel Dhand | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Corona
History has a habit of constantly repeating itself. We are simply different actors on the same stage. Hopefully we as a species have gotten over the reality of all human civilizations up until about 50 years ago, which were all about an endless cycle of war after war,...
by Suneel Dhand | May 25, 2021 | Blog
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking via Zoom to a group of high school students. Somebody who watches my YouTube videos reached out to me and asked if I would be able to speak to them about pursuing careers in medicine. I happily obliged, and must...
by Suneel Dhand | May 18, 2021 | Blog, Corona
I couldn’t have been prouder of the sheer heroics of so many doctors, nurses, and other frontline professionals during the COVID pandemic. The last year has confirmed the dedication of the whole medical world, and despite my issues with how some in the medicine (and...
by Suneel Dhand | May 11, 2021 | Blog
When I’m working in the hospital, I always find it interesting talking to patients about their medical history and experiences with outpatient physicians. I recently wrote about our broken primary care system. In fact, I’ll be stronger than that: our primary care...