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Mar 9, 20231 min read

Sikatriks

A scar from days we will soon forget — on oxygen, ventilators, and the questions we weren't supposed to ask during the COVID-19 crisis.

Jan 27, 20205 min read

A scientific-esque movie review from January 2020: R0, outbreak dynamics, and the Wuhan coronavirus — written just as the world was about to change.

Jun 6, 20192 min read

On finding comfort in the present — a reflection from the ER, where for the first time, the urge to rush to the next room faded.

Mar 3, 20183 min read

I forgot her name. She was intubated, awake, and her breath was literally in my hands. On what medical education does to empathy.

Jan 29, 20181 min read

On the limits of medicine — when all that can be done is done, and there's nothing left but to wait and see.

Dec 28, 20173 min read

Unfinished thoughts at 24: EMR design, dengue biomarkers, evidence-based health policy, and the search for passive income.

Dec 28, 20171 min read

On being laughed at for spending too much time with patients — and why five extra minutes might be the most important part of the consult.

Aug 19, 20153 min read

Dua jam menunggu ujian, sementara penguji bergurau di luar. Tentang waktu, ilusi hierarki, dan lima menit yang bukan sekadar lima menit.

Aug 15, 20151 min read

Setahun setelah terbaring di rumah sakit karena mendaki sendirian — on reckless decisions and why I'd do it again.

Jun 3, 20151 min read

Rabindranath Tagore on two ways of seeing the path — as distance to be measured, or as part of the destination itself.

Mar 21, 20153 min read

Interstellar, time dilation, wormholes, and that Dylan Thomas poem — a review in fragments.