Mike Ward Jones

A week before my wedding, I woke up with facial paralysis ‘Apart from having to drink my pints through a straw, occasionally needing to wear an eyepatch and the classical guitarist nobody could hear, I wouldn’t have changed a thing about the big day.’ - Nial...

This was so witty and human. What an absolute hero. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...

'I stood still': The night-time stalker that terrorised 10yo Siraj in Gaza — ABC News There are a million kids living in Gaza. Foreign Correspondent followed one young family trying to survive.

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This is utterly, utterly fucked. The international community should hang its head in shame at the abject failure to protect these people.

Who’d have thought, when he was manifestly unqualified for the role in the first place.

This morning, Israeli forces expanded their incursion in western Khan Younis, southern #Gaza.

Tanks advanced, while airstrikes and drones fired into an area full of displaced civilians with no prior warning.

When you’re more worried about the chants than the reasons for them… 🙄

Gina Rinehart urges Liberals to stick with Trump-like policies in the wake of election loss Billionaire tells Daily Mail ‘left media’ frightened party away from ‘anything Trump’ and calls on Liberals to adopt ‘commonsense and truth’ principles

Gina Rinehart is to be comended for this intervention, and ensuring that the Liberals are out of power for a generation.

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN — Guardian Australia Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

A wanton disregard for international humanitarian law

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Life expectancy losses in the Gaza Strip during the period October, 2023, to September, 2024 Our approach to estimating life expectancy losses in this study is conservative as it ignores the indirect effect of the war on mortality. Even ignoring this indirect effect, results show that the ong...

Life expectancy in Gaza nearly HALVED as a consequence of war.

Life expectancy losses in the Gaza Strip during the period October, 2023, to September, 2024 - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis Our findings show an exceptionally high mortality rate in the Gaza Strip during the period studied. These results underscore the urgent need for interventions to prevent further loss of life and illum...

A horrifying but important analysis.

Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Totally agree - that’s why I was somewhat confused as to the Danish idea of RA as a clean procedure.

Thanks Bob. We do the same - agree on the unnecessary length of sleeve!

When assessing the message, it’s important to look at the messenger (and their agenda) too. This is not an impartial report from a neutral body.

Wholeheartedly agree. Uncontrolled pain is a problem for a small minority of the VAD patients I look after. Suffering at the end of life has so many other facets.

I’m curious - do you use sterile gel? Are catheter-based RA techniques a sterile procedure?

Religious bias in assisted dying strikes again.

Open access link here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

The debate rages on: physician-assisted suicide in an ethical light. Response to Br J Anaesth 2024; 132: 1179–83

Our letter, on the important topic of voluntary assisted dying, to be published shortly in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

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Was aiming for something momentous as my first post. Went for a picture of my dog instead.