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Letters from Leuven: Week 5

This is a series of posts taken from WhatsApp reports and conversations with a Doctor during the CoVID-19 pandemic. WEEK 5 Day 34. 15 April Where did a week go?Time flies when you’re having fun I guess.Just past the 2 million mark. Mathematical models predicted 10 million by the end of April, so I guessContinue reading “Letters from Leuven: Week 5”

Letters from Leuven: Week 4

This is a series of posts taken from WhatsApp reports and conversations with a Doctor during the CoVID-19 pandemic. WEEK 4 Day 22. 3 April 2020 I examined my first patient of the week today. Of course, I’m not counting the patients who I’ve performed procedures on since they are already lying on the theatreContinue reading “Letters from Leuven: Week 4”

Letters from Leuven: Week 3

This is a series of posts taken from WhatsApp reports and conversations with a Doctor during the CoVID-19 pandemic. WEEK 3 Day 16. 29 March 2020 It was a rough day yesterday. Late-presenting elderly patients, clearly avoiding health contact at the moment ending up in a much worse clinical stage than if they had contactedContinue reading “Letters from Leuven: Week 3”

Letters from Leuven: Week 2

This is a series of posts taken from WhatsApp reports and conversations with a Doctor during the CoVID-19 pandemic. WEEK 2 Day 9. 22 March 2020 Oops, I have not been keeping my logs up to date. I had to do my first PowerPoint presentation via Skype yesterday. Applying to get a joint staff positionContinue reading “Letters from Leuven: Week 2”

Letters from Leuven: Week 1

This is a series of posts of WhatsApp reports and conversations with a Doctor during the CoVID-19 pandemic. I could not decide on the appropriate title, either: Letters from Leuven, (Belgium); OR Letters from the Front Line. You be the judge. WEEK 1 Day 1. 14 March 2020 Belgium starts to go 🍌 🍌 🍌 HamsteringContinue reading “Letters from Leuven: Week 1”