In today’s issue we have focused on a matter of life and death; CPR. CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation has long been a treatment of debate. Seen as a therapy that won’t benefit most dying people its portrayal as a saviour treatment in TV shows causes great confusion amongst the general public. Our guest columnists present their thoughts.

93 year old celebrates third resurrection.

Doris (93), recently celebrated with all 24 of her next of kin after a week of not eating and drinking. ‘They keep saying I’m going to die, but really it’s just like having a very good nap’ said Golden Gran Doris.

‘We think she’s doing it for the attention’ said her daughter, Daisy (75). ‘We’ve had 3 Christmases this year alone’, she added.

I won’t live to see Medicine get to be a young adult, it still has a few years of temper tantrums when it doesn’t get the new MRI it wanted for Christmas. But I’m seeing its personality coming through and that gives me hope. If I may paraphrase Jay Z: I have 99 problems but Medicine is one that I am less concerned about than global warming and the perpetual fight against fascism.

The new advert for palliative medicine trainees has been a huge success. This follows a dramatic fall in training applications and would appear to be a much needed windfall for the embattled specialty.
The tag line ‘Be Complex, Be Palliative’: uttered by a silhouette of a model with their head tipped to one side has become a strident call for arms to all prospective palliative care trainees.