Author: Mari Suárez Editor: Akihiko Ozaki M.D., A complicated life as a lawyer in Venezuela. Being a lawyer in Venezuela is not easy. I am 23 years old right now but ended my career in 2016, when I was 21 years old. I felt like a teenager with a huge responsibility at that time, although in that moment, my country was in a better situation than it is right now. A lawyer role appeared to be an excellent job to me because a lawyer has the responsibility of righting wrongs and i

Author: Gopal Sedain M.D., Assistant professor of neurosurgery at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Jun 17, 2018-I frequently encounter patients who come to me complaining of headache. Many times, the most important concern is not the headache but whether there is some underlying problem inside the brain, a brain tumour. With advances in diagnostics and management technology, the risks have substantially been lessened. A brain tumour may arise from the brain which is cal

Author: Dr Gopal Sedain, M.D., Assistant professor of neurosurgery at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital These ‘wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors’ (WSPEs) are rightly termed ‘never’ events—errors that should never occur and indicate serious underlying safety problems Apr 27, 2018-It was planned for Rita to have brain surgery. She was taken into the operation theatre and brought out after a few hours. When she woke up, she was surprised to know that the ope

Author: Deepika Shrestha Editor: Akihiko Ozaki M.D., Asaka Higuchi R.N. On December 6, 2017, I visited Iwaki city, which is located in the southeastern coastal area of the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The visit to Iwaki was memorable to me. I was lucky to visit multiple facilities belonging to the Tokiwa Foundation, the big healthcare group located in this area. Coming from Nepal, a lot of things looked new to me, and I would like to thank the entire staff at the Tokiwa Found

Author: Mariko Morita, M.D. Editor: Naoko Matumoto What do I want to do as a doctor in the future? This spring, after asking this question ever since entering medical school, I finally got my answer. When I was a high school student, I was convinced that saving someone’s life is good conduct. That was the main reason I chose to be a medical doctor. At that time, I didn’t realize how naïve I was. After entering medical school, I became interested in the relationships between m