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๐Ÿ…ณ๐–Š๐–‡๐–”๐–‘="แ‹ฐแ‰ฆแˆ"=แ‹จแŠ แŠ•แ‰ แˆณ แŒแˆแŒˆแˆ=แ‹จแˆšแ‹ซแ‹ตแŒ‰ แˆตแˆซแ‹Žแ‰ฝ แŠฅแŠ“ แˆแˆแŠจแ‰ณแ‹Žแ‰ฝ แ‰ แˆแŠชแˆžแ‰ฝ...
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แ‹จแˆแŒ แˆซ แˆตแˆซแ‹Žแ‰ฝแŠ• แŠฅแŠ“แ‰ แˆจแ‰ณแ‰ณแˆˆแŠ•!
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The second MoU in the Somali region.
Boosting the EMR Outreach!

MAC Ethiopia has advanced the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) service deployment and staff training into peripheral clinical setups beyond Addis Ababa.

Here is the MoU between MAC Ethiopia and Sahal Medical and Surgical Center, Gode, Somali. The second MoU to be for the Somali region.

#MACEthiopia #Doctor #Innovation
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Must-watch: Seifu Fantahun sits down with the ortho, plastic, and vascular surgeons behind an extraordinary limb restoration case. Their insights are worth your time. ๐ŸŽฅ

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Palestinian doctors graduate in ruins of Gazaโ€™s destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
๐Ÿ”˜https://shorter.me/WMOB-


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What is happening with some of our doctors and traditional healers? ๐Ÿ˜

The focus shifted away from the Ministry of Health to traditional healers.๐Ÿ˜

Interestingly, many of the physicians who were silent during our movement are now very vocal ๐Ÿซข, apparently because of the danger on their income.

แ‰ แˆ‰ แ‰ฅแ‰ปแ‰ฝแˆแŠ• แ‰ฐแ‹ˆแŒกแ‰ต! แŠฅแŠ› แ‰ แ‰คแ‰ฐแˆฐแ‰ฅ แ€แ‰ฅ แŠ แŠ•แŒˆแ‰ฃแˆ!

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Upgrade your self, the new generation, Generation Z is now in Ethiopian health system.

Generation Z, or Gen Z, refers to people born roughly between 1997 and 2012.

They grew up with the internet, smartphones, and social media as normal life, they are not new to tech.

Theyโ€™re fast at finding information, but also quick to spot what feels fake or forced advert.

They care a lot about identity, mental health, fairness, and real-world impact.

They prefer short, visual, straight-to-the-point content.

Many are practical and cautious, shaped by things like economic instability.


Our Medical education looks the same at first glance. White coats. Morning reports. Long lectures. Seniors teaching the way they were taught.

Nothing seems urgent.Until you notice something quietly changing.

Students are no longer memorizing to survive exams alone. They are cross-checking. Comparing. Asking uncomfortable questions. They pull out phones in the ward not to escape but to confirm whether what theyโ€™re told still holds up.

And hereโ€™s the turn, Generation Z is already inside the system. And the system hasnโ€™t caught up.

They are being examined on outdated notes while managing patients in a world of evolving guidelines. They are told โ€œdonโ€™t questionโ€ in hospitals where silence has cost lives.

They are labeled difficult (Resistant) for asking "why" in a country where wrong assumptions have heavy consequences.

This isnโ€™t a discipline (attitude) issue. Itโ€™s a mismatch of eras.

Gen Z doesnโ€™t reject medicine. They reject unquestioned medicine.

Gen z donโ€™t disrespect seniors. They resist empty authority / hierarchy .

So the real question is no longer about students or health professionals adapting to the system. Itโ€™s whether instructors or health leaders are willing to adapt to reality.

Because medicine in Ethiopia doesnโ€™t need louder commands. It needs mentors and leaders who teach thinking, not fear.

Generation Z is not waiting. Theyโ€™re already here. And medicine will either grow with them or be left explaining itself to the next preventable loss.

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When TikTok Medicine Replaces Medical Training (and Some แˆ˜แ‰†แŠ•แŒ แŒฅ แ‹ซแˆˆแ‰ฃแ‰ธแ‹ Gen Z Doctors Missing the Point)

I first saw a herbalist (?chemistry teacher) on TikTok with 100k followers telling patients with diabetes and hypertension to stop their meds and rely on his special tea. That was worrying, but not surprising. What shocked me more was seeing our own former students, new GPs with no MSc in nutrition background, doing the same thing.

These are doctors trained by internists and endocrinology subspecialists, who have seen patients end up with DKA, Stroke and death from uncontrolled chronic medical illnesses. So where did we fail? And where is the responsibility of the Ethiopian society of internal medicine, FMOH and its legal bodies? Why they kept silent regarding the misinformations?

Medical Tiktok Contents need rule ASAP
, otherwise everything will be out of control soon.

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The research ladder ๐Ÿ‘†

It is not about traditional vs modern medicine. Itโ€™s about evidence.

Any treatment herbal or pharmaceutical must be judged by the same research ladder. The higher the evidence, the safer the recommendation.

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Why Medicine Does Not Run on Testimony Alone: Understanding the Research Ladder

Every few years, a familiar pattern repeats itself. A patient says, โ€œI stopped my medication and Iโ€™m fine.โ€ A practitioner or herbalist says, โ€œIโ€™ve seen many patients improve without drugs.โ€ Slowly, testimony starts to sound like truth. And truth starts to replace science.

This is exactly why medicine built a research hierarchy.

At the bottom of this hierarchy are expert opinions, editorials, and individual testimonies. They are not useless but they are weak. They are subjective, uncontrolled, and vulnerable to bias. They answer the question โ€œWhat happened to me?โ€ not โ€œWhat will happen to most patients?โ€

Above that come case reports and case series. These describe patterns, rare events, or unexpected outcomes. They are valuable for learning and hypothesis generation but they still cannot guide treatment decisions for the general population.

Then we reach case-control and cohort studies, where comparison groups exist, outcomes are measured, and risks begin to make sense in real numbers. These studies start answering โ€œIs this association real?โ€

Higher still are randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Here, chance not belief decides who gets what. Confounders are minimized. Cause and effect become clearer. This is where treatment recommendations begin to stand on solid ground.

At the top sit systematic reviews and meta-analyses, where multiple high-quality studies are critically assessed together. This is the strongest form of evidence we have for deciding how to treat patients safely.

Now here is the key point many miss:
Stopping a chronic medication is not harmless.It is an intervention. Discontinuing antihypertensives, antidiabetics, antiepileptics, cardiac drugs, or psychiatric medications can lead to silent disease progression, rebound effects, acute events, or irreversible damage. Any recommendation with that level of risk must be supported by high-level evidence not stories, not testimonials, not personal confidence.

This does not mean medications are lifelong by default. De-prescribing is a real and important part of modern medicine. But it follows rules:
๐Ÿง Correct diagnosis
๐Ÿง Clear clinical targets achieved
๐Ÿง Evidence that stopping is safe for that condition
๐Ÿง Gradual withdrawal
๐Ÿง Close monitoring
What is dangerous is replacing this process with belief. When low-quality evidence is presented as medical advice, patients are unknowingly enrolled into uncontrolled experiments without consent, without follow-up, and without accountability.

Medicine progresses not by rejecting stories, but by testing them.
Testimony asks โ€œDid it work for me?โ€
Science asks โ€œDoes it work, for whom, at what cost, and how safely?โ€

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แ‹จแˆ›แŒ แ‰ฅแ‰แ‰ต แ‹œแŠ“

แŠจแ‰แŒฅแŒฅแˆซแ‰ฝแŠ• แ‹แŒญ แˆ†แŠ– แ‹จแАแ‰ แˆจแ‹ แ‹จแŒแˆตแ‰กแŠญ แŒˆแƒแ‰ฝแŠ•แŠ• แŒ‹แ‹œแŒ แŠ› แŠคแˆแ‹ซแˆต แˆ˜แˆฐแˆจแ‰ต แŠจแˆœแ‰ณ (FB) แŠซแˆแ“แŠ’ แŒ‹แˆญ  แ‰ แˆ˜แАแŒ‹แŒˆแˆญ แŠ แˆตแˆ˜แˆแˆถแˆแŠ“แˆ!
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แŒ‹แ‹œแŒ แŠ› แŠคแˆแ‹ซแˆตแŠ• แŠ แˆ˜แˆตแŒแŠ‘แˆแŠ•!


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Sexual Health: The part we were barely taught during undergrad.

Most of us finished medical school (Undergrad.) without real training in sexual health. No bedside teaching. No ward rounds. No proper classes.

We learned anatomy and physiology, but not how to talk to patients about desire, pain, intimacy, or sexual function. Those conversations were never modeled for us. Then we entered practice and patients started asking.

Sexual health is not a small topic. Itโ€™s medical, psychological, relational, and deeply personal. Handling it casually, or relying on quick online reading, can easily mislead patients even when intentions are good.

What matters is recognizing limits. Knowing when to refer is part of good care:
โ˜„๏ธPsychiatry / Psychology - for desire problems, anxiety, trauma, relationship-related concerns
โ˜„๏ธGynecology - for sexual pain, postpartum or menopausal sexual problems
โ˜„๏ธUrology - for erectile or ejaculatory difficulties
โ˜„๏ธEndocrinology - for suspected hormonal causes

Referral is not failure. Itโ€™s professionalism.

Until sexual health is properly taught in med-schools with OPD exposure and structured learning...humility, careful listening, and timely referral protect both patients and clinicians.

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แˆ…แŒ‹แ‹Š แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆญ แˆณแ‹ญแŠ–แˆญ ...แ‰ แˆ…แŒ‹แ‹Š แˆ˜แŠ•แŒˆแ‹ต แˆ˜แ‰ฅแ‰ณแ‰ฝแŠ•แŠ• แ‰ แแˆญแ‹ต แ‰คแ‰ต แˆ˜แˆžแŒˆแ‰ต แŠ แŠ•แ‰ฝแˆแˆ!

แ‹ญแˆ…แŠ• แ‹จแŒคแŠ“ แ‰ฃแˆˆแˆ™แ‹ซแ‹Žแ‰ฝ แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆญ แˆ˜แŒ แ‰ แ‰… แฃ แˆ›แŒ แŠ“แŠจแˆญ แ‹จแˆแˆ‹แ‰ฝแŠ• แˆ€แˆ‹แŠแАแ‰ต แАแ‹แข แˆŒแˆŽแ‰ฝแŠ• แˆ™แ‰ตแ‰ป แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆซแ‰ต แˆ›แŠญแˆฐแˆ แ‹ˆแ‹ญแˆ แ‰ แ‹šแˆ… แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆญ แˆตแˆญ แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฒแˆฐแˆฉ แˆ›แ‹ตแˆจแŒ แŠ แˆˆแ‰ฅแŠ•แข

แˆซแˆณแ‰ธแ‹แŠ• แˆˆแŠ แ‹ฐแŒ‹ แŠ แŒ‹แˆแŒ แ‹ แˆˆแˆแˆ‰แˆ แ‰ฃแˆˆแˆ™แ‹ซ แˆ˜แ‰ฅแ‰ต แˆ˜แŠจแ‰ แˆญ แˆฒแˆฐแˆฉ แ‹จแАแ‰ แˆฉ แŠ แˆ˜แˆซแˆฎแ‰นแŠ• แˆ›แ‰ แˆจแ‰ณแ‰ณแ‰ต แŠฅแŠ“ แˆ˜แ‹ฐแŒˆแ แŠ แˆˆแ‰ฅแŠ•แข Behind the scene แ‹จแŠจแˆแˆ‰แ‰ตแŠ• แˆ˜แˆตแ‹Žแ‹•แ‰ตแАแ‰ต แ‹จแˆแŠ“แ‹แ‰€แ‹ แ‹ซแ‹จแАแ‹ แŠฅแŠ› แ‰ฅแ‰ป แАแŠ•แข

แˆˆแˆšแ‰ณแ‹จแ‹ แ‹จแŠ แˆ˜แˆซแˆฎแ‰น แˆ˜แˆฐแˆ‹แ‰ธแ‰ต แŠฅแŠ“ แ‹ตแŠซแˆ แ‹จแˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆฉ แˆตแˆซ แŠ แˆตแˆแƒแˆš แˆตแ‰ฅแˆฐแ‰ฃ แŠ แŠซแˆ‚แ‹ถ แˆ˜แแ‰ตแˆ„ แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฐแˆšแˆแˆแŒ‰แˆˆแ‰ต แŠ แŠ•แŒ แˆซแŒ แˆญแˆแข

แ‹ญแˆ…แŠ• แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆญ แˆ˜แ‹ฐแŒˆแ แฃ แแ‰ƒแ‹ฑแŠ• แˆ›แˆตแˆ˜แˆˆแˆต แฃ แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฐแŒˆแŠ“ แˆ›แ‹ฐแˆซแŒ€แ‰ต แ‰ฐแ‰€แ‹ณแˆšแ‹ แ‰ฐแŒแ‰ฃแˆซแ‰ฝแŠ• แˆ˜แˆ†แŠ• แŠ แˆˆแ‰ แ‰ตแข
แˆ…แŒ‹แ‹Š แˆ˜แŠ•แŒˆแ‹ถแ‰ฝ แˆฒแ‹˜แŒ‰ แ‰ฅแ‰ป แАแ‹ แ‹จแŠ แˆ˜แ… แ‰ แˆญ แ‹จแˆšแŠจแˆแ‰ฐแ‹แข

แ‹ญแˆ… แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆญ แ‹›แˆฌ แˆ‹แ‹ญ แ‰ แ‰ตแŠญแŠญแˆˆแŠ› แŠ แ‰‹แˆ™ แฃ แŠจแˆ…แŒ‹แ‹Š แˆแ‰ƒแ‹ฑ แŒ‹ แ‰ขแˆ†แŠ• แŠ–แˆฎ ... แŠจแ‰ฃแˆˆแˆ™แ‹ซแ‹ แŠ แˆแŠ• แŠฅแ‹จแ‰ฐแАแˆฑ แ‹ซแˆ‰ แˆ…แŒ‹แ‹Š แŒฅแ‹ซแ‰„แ‹Žแ‰ฝแŠ• แˆฐแ‰ฅแˆตแ‰ฆ แŒ แ‰ แ‰ƒ แŠ แ‰แˆž แ‰ แแˆญแ‹ต แ‰คแ‰ต แ‹จแˆšแˆ˜แˆˆแŠจแ‰ณแ‰ธแ‹แŠ• แ‰ฐแ‰‹แˆ›แ‰ต แˆ˜แˆžแŒˆแ‰ต แ‹ญแ‰ปแˆ แАแ‰ แˆญแข

แ‰ฃแˆˆแˆแ‹ แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆฉ แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฒแˆ… แŠ แ‹ญแАแ‰ต แŠฅแŠ•แ‰…แˆตแ‰ƒแˆด แˆ‹แ‹ญ แŠฅแ‹ซแˆˆ แฃ แˆˆแŒ แ‰ แ‰ƒ แ‹แŠญแˆแŠ“ แŠฅแ‹จแˆฐแŒ  แ‰ฃแˆˆแ‰ แ‰ต แˆฐแ‹“แ‰ต แแ‰ƒแ‹ฑ แŠ แˆณแˆ›แŠ แ‰ฃแˆแˆ†แА แˆแŠญแŠ•แ‹ซแ‰ต แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฐแ‰ฐแ‰€แˆ› แˆแˆ‹แ‰ฝแŠ•แˆ แ‹จแˆแŠ“แ‹แ‰€แ‹ แˆ€แ‰… แАแ‹แข แ‹จแˆ›แŠ“แ‹แ‰€แ‹ แˆˆแˆ›แˆตแˆ˜แˆˆแˆต แ‹จแ‰ฐแˆ„แ‹ฐแ‰ แ‰ตแŠ• แˆญแ‰€แ‰ต แАแ‹แข

แ‹จแˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆฉ แˆตแˆซ แŠ แˆตแˆแƒแˆšแ‹Žแ‰ฝแˆ แแ‰ƒแ‹ฑแŠ• แˆˆแˆ›แˆตแˆ˜แˆˆแˆต แ‹จแˆแ‰ตแ‰ฝแˆ‰แ‰ต แˆ‚แ‹ฐแ‰ต แ‰ฐแŒ“แ‹™แข แˆ‚แ‹ฐแ‰ฑแŠ• แŠจแˆตแˆญ แŠจแˆตแˆญ แŠ แˆณแ‹แ‰แŠ•แข แ‰ฃแˆˆแˆ™แ‹ซแ‹Žแ‰ฝแˆ แ‰ แ‹ฐแŠ•แ‰ฅ  แŠฅแŠ“แŒแ‹›แ‰ธแ‹แข แ‹จแŒˆแŠ•แ‹˜แ‰ฅ (แˆ˜แŠ•แ‰€แˆณแ‰€แˆป แฃ แ‹จแˆ…แŒ แ‰ฃแˆˆแˆ™แ‹ซ แŠญแแ‹ซ...) แ‹ตแŒ‹แ แŠฅแŠ“แˆญแŒแˆ‹แ‰ฝแˆแข

แแ‰ƒแ‹ฑ แŠจแ‰ฐแˆ˜แˆˆแˆฐ แ‹จแŠ แ‰ฃแˆแАแ‰ต แˆแ‹แŒˆแ‰ฃ แฃ แ‹จแŠ แ‰ฃแˆแАแ‰ต แˆ˜แ‹ŽแŒฎ แŠฅแŠ•แŒ€แˆแˆญแข
แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฐ แŠ แ‹ฒแˆต แŠฅแŠ“แ‹ฐแˆซแŒ€แ‹แข

แ‰ แŠ› แ‰ฒแˆ แ‰ แŠฉแˆ แ‹ตแŒ‹แ แˆˆแˆ›แ‹ตแˆจแŒ แŠฅแŠ•แ‹ฒแˆแˆ แˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆฉ แ‹แˆตแŒฅ แˆˆแˆ˜แˆณแ‰ฐแ แ‹แŒแŒ แАแŠ•แข

แ‰ แˆญแ‰ฑ แŠฅแŠ•แ‰ แˆญแ‰ณแข แŠจแˆ›แˆ…แ‰ แˆฉ แˆ˜แˆแŠซแˆ แ‹œแŠ“ แ‰ฅแ‰ป แ‹ซแˆฐแˆ›แŠ•แข

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แ‰ แАแŒˆแˆซแ‰ฝแŠ• แˆ‹แ‹ญ แ“แˆŠแˆต แˆ›แˆธแ‰ต แŠจแˆแˆˆแŒˆ แŠฅแŠ“ แ‹จแˆšแ‹ซแˆตแŠจแˆตแˆต แˆ˜แˆจแŒƒ แŠจแˆŒแˆˆแ‹ ...แ‹จแˆ…แŒ แŠญแแ‰ฐแ‰ฑแŠ• แ‰ฐแŒ แ‰…แˆž แŠฅแˆตแŠจ 21 แ‰€แŠ• แˆธแ‰ค แˆ›แ‰†แ‹จแ‰ต แ‹ญแ‰ฝแˆ‹แˆแข

แˆˆแ‹› แАแ‹ แ‰ แˆ€แŒˆแˆซแ‰ฝแŠ• แˆ…แŒ แŠฅแˆตแŠซแˆแŠ• แ‰ฐแˆตแ‹ แ‹ซแˆแ‰†แˆจแŒฅแАแ‹...๐Ÿ˜ 21 day is a default!

แˆ˜แˆญแˆ›แˆช แ“แˆŠแˆต แˆแŠ•แ‹ตแŠ• แАแ‹?! แŠจแˆ›แˆจแˆšแ‹ซ แ“แˆŠแˆต แ‹ญแˆˆแ‹ซแ‹ซแˆ‰?! แŠ แ‰ƒแ‰ข แˆ…แŒแˆต?! แŒ แ‰ แ‰ƒ แŠฅแŠ“ แ‹ณแŠ›แˆต?! แŒฃแ‰ขแ‹ซ แŠฅแŠ“ แˆ›แˆจแˆšแ‹ซ แ‰คแ‰ตแˆต?! แ‹จแˆšแˆˆแ‹แŠ• แ‹จแ‰ฐแˆจแ‹ณแŠ•แ‰ แ‰ต แŠฅแŠ“ แ‹จแแ‰ตแˆ… แˆตแˆญแ‹“แ‰ฑแŠ• แŒˆแˆ˜แŠ“ แ‹ซแ‹จแŠ•แ‰ แ‰ต แ‹ˆแˆณแŠ แŒŠแ‹œ แАแ‰ แˆญ...(แŒฅแˆฉ แŒŠแ‹œ แˆฒแˆ˜แŒฃ แ‰ตแˆจแŠซแ‹ แ‹ญแ‰€แŒฅแˆ‹แˆ...)

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General Surgery Residency:

โœ… Is it an Endangered Specialty in Ethiopia?

โœ…  Is general surgery on the verge of extinction?

โœ…Has it become less relevant to the Ethiopian healthcare system?

โœ…  And if so, how do we save it?

Just a few years ago, general surgery was among the most competitive and prestigious residency programs in Ethiopia. Only top-performing graduates could secure a spot, and due to the countryโ€™s immense need, it consistently ranked among the most preferred specialties.

However, over the past 3โ€“4 years, a worrying trend has emerged. General surgery is increasingly becoming a last choice. Some medical schools now struggle to attract applicants, with residency slots left completely vacant.

This year, only about 20 applicants nationwide chose general surgery, a number that could fill just one training institution.

So, why is interest declining?

Dr.Eneyew Mebratu
Assistant professor of G.Surgery
Injibara University

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So, why is interest declining?
(By Dr.Eneyew Mebratu, Consultant G.Surgeon)

โœ…G.Surgery is highly demanding, requiring exceptional energy, patience, & dedication
โœ…The training lasts 4 yrs, compared to 3 yrs for many other specialties
โœ…Post-training compensation doesn't match the workload & sacrifices
โœ…Private practice opportunities are limited & often difficult to access

How can this be addressed?
โœ… The MoH must recognize the critical national shortage of G.surgeons
โœ… Housing & other incentive packages should be prioritized for surgical residents
โœ… Deployment strategies should include health centers & primary hospitals with functional ORs
โœ… Salary structures must reflect training length & workload
โœ… The Surgical Society of Ethiopia should take the lead in developing a clear, strategic roadmap

G.surgery is the backbone of emergency & essential surgical care. The decline is a public health risk.

The question remains: Will we act now, or watch it fade away?

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