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From DRC to DAR
Last fall, I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend two months at Muhimibili Hospital in Dar Es Salaam, teaching in the first emergency medicine residency in Tanzania. During this time, I was reminded of what a privilege it is to be a physician, and how lucky I was to grow up in a country where the path to medical school was straightforward, my life relatively stable, and my work, although stressful and chaotic, secure. This month, the view from here features an interview with an inspiring young physician who has travelled a far more dangerous and circuitous path. Dr Mudenga Mutendi Muller describes his experiences in a hospital during the war in Goa, assuring safety for his family, then leaving his home country to begin EM training in Tanzania. More of our interview can be heard in our podcast at: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/drc-to-darone-physicians-journey-to-emergencymedicine/s-5ck7t
An old medication raises new possibilities–and questions
Methoyxflurane, an inhaled anaesthetic agent used in the 1960's and 1970's, has analgesic properties at sub-anaesthetic doses and has been used …