By Written by Jason Lin, edited by Geraldine Yang Disclaimer: The views presented in this article are not targeted towards any individual medical student, but rather are a commentary on the general attitudes of the medicine community at UNSW. From my brief one and a half years as a UNSW med
The Colosseum
By Saleha Sehgol; Edited by Allyson Tai The spectators. The amphitheatre invites the masses, drawing them in to mindlessly worship the online feats of others. They’re ravenous, for the taste of instant gratification dances on their tongues, yearning to witness the infallible mesh of lives beneath them. They morph into
Offshore
By Jerrica Kuan; Edited by Zoe Wei “Second-year international offshore students are returning soon.” The time is too early in the morning (or too late at night). You are an offshore medical student, waking up for class in a time zone that stays the same, for a country whose time
Lockdown II
By Saleha Sehgol; Edited by Yaron Gu Tabula rasaOr back to square one?That mask,Second skin.Seasoned hecklers,Second season.Peak hour drones,A haunting threnody of cicadas and mynas.To every crevice this hollowness reaches –Not quite, for it fails to appease the beaches. Crimson fury dribbles and spitsHow are the bearings still not
Musings on Lockdown
By Hannah Yuan; Edited by Katerina Theocharous This piece was written on 27th June 2021, at the onset of the current NSW lockdown. Given the recent extensions of the lockdown, we believe its messages are now even more relevant. ~~~ “Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of
The Month of Pride and Prejudice
By Jerrica Kuan; Edited by Zoe Wei June, the dreaded month when we realise that all our New Year Resolutions have not come to fruition; questioning our lives as the mid-year glazes over us and the end of the year nears; wondering what on earth we have been doing for
A World Without Oxygen – The Devastating Impacts of India’s Recent COVID-19 Spike
By Jay Patel; Edited by Yaron Gu April 24: 10:50 am – Ajay Koli boards a flight from Pune in western India to New Delhi to see his parents who are infected with COVID-19. His father is hospitalised and hooked up to an oxygen cylinder, whilst his mother is in
FAIR IS FOUL, FOUL IS FAIR – A Commentary on the Silent Modern Day Killer: Societal Apathy
Written by Saleha Sehgol; Edited by Allyson Tai “Fair is foul, foul is fair.” Though the words were written by Shakespeare well into the 17th century, I fear the alliterative statement is more relevant than ever. I fear we’ve become accustomed to slapping on the bandaid, ‘it’s just the way
The Great White Tower (2003-04) – When Medical Ethics and Ambition Collide
Written by Geraldine Yang; Edited by Zoe Wei Through its 21 episode runtime, The Great White Tower ultimately begs the question: what will we sacrifice in the name of our desires? Because, as we quickly learn, there is no such thing as action without consequence. When the lives of patients
HE SAID, SHE SAID: Violence against women, when will it stop?
Written by Hannah Yuan; Edited by Yaron Gu They say, don’t wear revealing clothing. They say, don’t walk home alone at night. They say, she was “asking for it”. She has grown up in a world that puts her at fault. That tells her that she is to blame. That
