Pod#197 - Wajahat Khan - Emergency Medicine doctor in Karachi

For a while I've wanted to get a doctor on the show who's working on the ground in Pakistan. Luckily we were able to find Wajahat who is in the emergency med field no less. We talk about the crazy situations he faces on a daily basis, the journey to getting here, the tough present scenarios and perhaps even tougher future, and more. Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Why did Wajahat become a doctor? 03:39 The process of becoming a doctor, and his insane first day at Jinnah Hospital 14:20 Moving from a small town to Karachi, dealing with the craziness of a megacity 24:23 Life after house job - how he got into Emergency Medicine 29:45 The struggles of finding a job as a doctor in Pakistan 37:27 How can an individual doctor counter patients full of misinformation? 42:38 What sort of cases does he see as an Emergency Medicine doctor in Karachi? 49:12 The health crises created by Pakistan’s economic spiral 53:46 The mental toll of working in this field in this city in this country 59:26 New doctors staying in Pakistan vs going abroad 1:05:20 Private clinics on every corner, govt run hospitals with ghost employees 1:09:30 Trying to summarise his experiences and the country’s situation 1:12:32 Outro LINKS: Wajahat's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imwajahatkhan/ Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan