by Chiemezie Madu | Apr 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I was at a conference where the depleting health workforce and staff attrition in the UK health system, the NHS, was discussed. Among ways proposed to improve this was to make staff ‘feel more valued’ at work. To assess current...
by Chiemezie Madu | Feb 19, 2026 | Movies and Books
I decided to re-read this book to start off my year. Published in 1903, the author argues that thoughts shape a person’s character and circumstances: ‘you become what you think’. Advice for young men on purity, chastity and manliness. With its self...
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
My friends and family often say I have a photographic memory. They may be right. Twenty-five years ago I walked through the gates of Federal Government Academy Suleja, in far away Niger state, Northern Nigeria (FEDACAD for short) for my secondary education and I...
by Chiemezie Madu | Feb 4, 2025 | Movies and Books
Here is a list of the books I read in 2024. This stirring book discusses the ‘other side’ of doctors, the human side, that their patients and others seem to neglect. It gives real life, heart-rending examples of the struggles doctors face while providing...
by Chiemezie Madu | Jan 17, 2025 | Movies and Books
Here are some movies I found interesting last year, in no particular order. 1. Poldark. Definitely my ‘series of the year’. The story of Ross Poldark and George Warleggan as they battle for love and power in ancient Cornwall. 2. The Great Debaters. My...
