The Leech That Went Missing on the Ward

About this episode

Hafsa shares a humorous and unexpected experience involving medicinal leeches during a patient's recovery from surgery.

A patient recovering from complex reconstructive surgery needed an unexpected treatment: medicinal leeches. But when one of them suddenly disappeared, the entire team found themselves in a situation no one expects during residency. In this episode, Hafsa shares one of the strangest — and funniest — moments from the hospital, and why medicine is sometimes far weirder than people imagine. If your doctor told you that leeches would help your recovery… would you agree? Yes, if it works I’d need a minute to process that Absolutely not I’m leaving immediately

People in this episode

Host: Hafsa Slaiman

Topics covered

• medicine
• humor
• residency
• patient care
• unexpected treatments

Keywords

• leeches
• surgery
• hospital
• residency
• patient recovery
• medicine
• humor

Mentioned in this episode

Products: medicinal leeches

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