Dr. Buga Charles George Kenyi
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As a frontline physician in South Sudan, I see approximately two hundred patients on call day across two public hospitals. Discussions about agentic AI often assume that every autonomous system will operate under the supervision of experienced specialists. That assumption…
As a frontline physician in South Sudan, I see approximately two hundred patients on call day across two public hospitals. Discussions about agentic AI often assume that every autonomous system will operate under the supervision of experienced specialists. That assumption reflects the reality of high-income health systems, but not mine.
In our pediatric referral hospital, the hematology-oncology service is staffed by only two hematologists. In the adult referral hospital where I …
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Who is left to supervise AI in low-resource settings?
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My LinkedIn feed has been flooded with discussion about a recent Nature Medicine study showing that general-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks. Clinical informatics leaders are calling it a wake-up call for health care,…
My LinkedIn feed has been flooded with discussion about a recent Nature Medicine study showing that general-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks. Clinical informatics leaders are calling it a wake-up call for health care, pointing to a timeless truth: Technology rarely fails at the technical layer. It fails because we don’t map how the work actually happens on the ground.
As a clinician working in …
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A South Sudan doctor on the AI health equity gap
Physician voices
Recently, a rocket company went public on the Nasdaq, and by the time the bell closed, its founder had become the first person in history worth a trillion dollars. I read about it on a borrowed phone outside the pediatric…
Recently, a rocket company went public on the Nasdaq, and by the time the bell closed, its founder had become the first person in history worth a trillion dollars. I read about it on a borrowed phone outside the pediatric ward at Al Sabah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan, waiting for the otoscope to free up.
I’m not writing this out of anger. I want to say that clearly. I …
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A doctor in South Sudan on a trillion-dollar Friday
Health technology
As physicians, we are taught to diagnose accurately and act quickly. Clinical guidelines assume that if we identify the problem, the health care system will provide the necessary tools to solve it. But what happens when the diagnosis is clear…
As physicians, we are taught to diagnose accurately and act quickly. Clinical guidelines assume that if we identify the problem, the health care system will provide the necessary tools to solve it. But what happens when the diagnosis is clear and the treatment simply does not exist?
Recently, while working as an intern physician in South Sudan, I cared for a 9-year-old boy who had traveled from the outskirts of …
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What should AI do when the blood bank is empty?
Health technology
There is no doctor in my village. I grew up in Logwerle, a small community in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. When people got sick, they traveled far for care, or they didn't get care at all. In 2003, my…
There is no doctor in my village.
I grew up in Logwerle, a small community in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. When people got sick, they traveled far for care, or they didn’t get care at all. In 2003, my family moved to northern Uganda so I could get an education. I started primary school at Teremunga Primary School in Koboko, completed my O-levels at St. Charles Lwanga, and my A-levels …
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AI in global health has continent-sized blind spots
Physician voices
When people wear hierarchy as a badge of honor, they literally stunt the growth of young doctors, especially in settings where resources are already limited. I graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba in 2023, and…
When people wear hierarchy as a badge of honor, they literally stunt the growth of young doctors, especially in settings where resources are already limited.
I graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba in 2023, and have since returned home to serve my community. I am the first doctor from my village of Logwerle, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan, East Africa, and the first to speak four …
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Medical hierarchy is silencing young doctors who want to write
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