Episode 21: Healthcare innovation & studying medicine abroad, with Dr Brett Lyndall Singh and Dr Michaela Singh

Welcome to the 1st episode of the Dr Coffee Podcast for 2023!  We wish a happy and blessed New year to all of our listeners and followers. Whatever adventure 2023 has in store for you, I pray you have incredible success and above all enjoy it! In this week’s episode, I interview a dynamic young brother and sister duo about health system innovation, studying medicine abroad, and the wait for internship placement when you return, amongst other things. My guests on the podcast today are Dr Brett Lyndall Singh and Dr Michaela Singh. Both are graduates out of Wenzhou Medical University in China, where they earned their bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees. They’re also the founders of Alpha and Omega MedTech, a Medical supplies platform and supplier of diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices. You’ll hear them tell us more about their company and the journey behind it, but by way of introduction it’s important to know that their company has one of the youngest founding teams to hold a license from SAHPRA. Dr Brett Singh has presented at a number of local and international business and health innovation summits, and his efforts have been recognised with his inclusion in the Forbes Africa Magazine’s “30 under 30”, for which he was one of the cover models, as well as inclusion in the Mail and Guardian top 200 Young South Africans. Connect with Dr Brett Lyndall Singh on Instagram [@drbrettlyndall], Youtube, LinkedIn, & Twitter Connect with Dr Michaela Singh on Instagram [@michaelatsingh], & YouTube Thank you to our long-term partner of the Dr Coffee podcast - Aesthetikos Photography portrait studio. Check out their work and be sure to mention “Dr Coffee” when you make a booking with them to receive 15% off the price of your photography package. They're also on Instagram at @aesthetikos.studio If you have a suggestion of an episode topic, or know of a consultant or senior registrar in a specialty that YOU would like featured on the Dr Coffee Podcast, please get in touch. The podcast’s email address is [email protected]. We’re also on Instagram and Youtube, with the username “@DrCoffeeZA”. If you’ve got anything else on your mind, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you. Please consider sharing this episode with fellow junior doctors and medical students in your world who you think would benefit from the content and enjoy it. It's as easy as two clicks - simply post/share the link to this episode, or tag @drcoffeeza in a post related to the content. Thank you so much for your support!