The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

September 2008

The Good

South Africa's new Minister of Health - Barbara Hogan.  Her previous experience is all in economics and finance, she has no medical or para-medical degree, and her main claim to fame is the nine years she spent in prison, but hey, as long as she's not Manto, it must be good, eh?

The Bad

It's bad, but in a really good, funny way:  the criteria you have to meet to consider yourself a bona fide Saffa doctor.  Dr Skakhi is a newish South African blogger about town - check him out.

The Ugly

My ankles and midriff - two years of calls in hospitals colonised by fleas have left me scarred for life.  If I were a model I would sue... someone.... but then, if I were a model, I probably wouldn't be spending the early hours of my mornings sitting on flea-infested chairs or trying to catch ten minutes of sleep under flea-infested blankets, now would I?