Dinesh Palipana is an emergency medicine resident in Australia.

How these doctors overcame ethnic conflict to unite in medicine

Physician
August 25, 2024

In 2024, I met a Tamil doctor at an event. We spoke of memories from our childhood in Sri Lanka. We had one stark memory to share: burning bodies in stacks of tires, with beheaded human beings nearby. This was life in the Sinhalese-Tamil ethnic war in the eighties, nineties, and beyond, coupled with a Marxist-Leninist insurrection in the country.

Yet, there we were, two doctors, one born a Tamil and …

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How these doctors overcame ethnic conflict to unite in medicine

The intricacies of working as a doctor with a spinal cord injury

Physician
June 11, 2020

I work as a resident in Australia’s busiest emergency department. Well, it was the busiest at a recent count anyway. The department is housed in the city of Gold Coast. The city sprawls across a beautiful stretch of beach. When I wake up, I turn my head to see the sun hanging out over the Pacific ocean. I can’t think of a better way to start my days.

Whether it’s on …

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The intricacies of working as a doctor with a spinal cord injury