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Reflecting God’s image or usurping his position?

September 14, 2020 Written by End of Life , Humanity , Medical Practice , New Technologies

For as long as humans have been keeping records, they have been recording their fight against the ultimate enemy – death. Up until a certain point in history, every new advance in technology was aimed at postponing the hour when the grim reaper would come […]

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Altruistic kidney donation – the opportunities and challenges

September 8, 2020 Written by Medical Practice

Giving a kidney can be one of the greatest gifts one can offer to another person. The first successful human kidney allograft was carried out between the identical Herrick twins in Boston in 1954, Ronald giving a kidney to Richard and in so doing becoming […]

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How Christians can end the waiting list for a kidney  

September 7, 2020 Written by Christianity , Medical Practice

When I gave my kidney in 2019, it felt like a simple decision: someone might die without a kidney whilst I had a spare. Far from seeing it as the epitome of saintly generosity, I was convicted that it was an effective way of doing […]

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Three ways COVID-19 has changed me as a doctor

August 21, 2020 Written by Christianity , Medical Practice

COVID-19 has changed the world, the medical profession, and the NHS in ways we are only beginning to understand. In my A&E department, we have seen patients with oxygen saturations lower than we previously thought were possible, treated our own hospital colleagues – some of […]

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COVID-19: God in the gaps

July 29, 2020 Written by Medical Practice

One of my favourite things to do is walk in the mountains of Snowdonia. I spent many a day off in its breath-taking hills during my time working in Bangor a few years ago. One memorable day out was when a friend took me scrambling […]