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Lesley Barron MD, MPhil, FRACS
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Lesley Barron MD, MPhil, FRACS
@drlesleybarron
general surgeon, Medical Director of Surgical Services John Hunter Hospital. Mom, she/her, health policy & gender equity expert, greyhound lover, #genderpaygap
- As a surgeon my feeling is I'd be doing some vitals in a panic and calling a colleague for a possible stat section for uterine rupture....
- Guy surgeons. If a HUGE study comes out showing results consistent w other big studies that your female colleagues get better results, maybe read the paper & have a think about the reasons why that might be true. Bc when you are dismissive it honestly makes you look pretty bad.
- Ok, bunch of ppl saying doctors will leave. No they won’t. I am a doctor who actually left 🇨🇦 and it’s really bloody expensive and difficult to do so. Stop saying doctors will leave over minor, fair tax changes- you look ridiculous.CMA is concerned that capital gains tax changes introduced in the 2024 federal budget will have adverse effects on physician recruitment and retention across the country. Our statement: cma.ca/about-us/what-…
- Replying to @SonjalovesbikesLike this? Love this cartoon.
- The solution to lack of primary care is not walk-in clinics. The solution to homelessness is not shelters. The solution to food insecurity/poverty is not food banks. We don't pay attention and temporary solutions become long term institutions. #SDOH
- As a surgeon, but more importantly as a human being, I am very happy to see this ban on assault weapons passed in 🇨🇦. There is no acceptable reason for private ownership of these weapons. #cdnpoliRecalling the history of mass-shootings in Canada from École Polytechnique to Nova Scotia, PM Justin Trudeau announces that federal govt is closing market for military-grade assault weapons, banning 1,500 models. "There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada," he says.
00:00 - I worked in Canada for years and now in Australia, which has had a 2 tier system for decades. Two tier is awful- especially for surgical care. I wish Canadians understood this better.👋👋👋 @CdnDrs4Medicare for this brilliant demolition of all the usual myths about #privatization of #healthcare, including the Biggest Lie of All: that the private sector does everything better. canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privatiza… #greed
- Can we just take a moment to reflect on the incredible misogyny of publishing an article with zero biological plausibility that discourages women from accepting pain relief in labour? Or makes her feel responsible for a diagnosis of autism in retrospect?Exposure to #epidural analgesia for vaginal delivery may be associated with increased risk of #autism in children ja.ma/2GHlX6A
- My own hospital's program has assumed I am a family doctor and has redirected one of my patients to another surgeon. In case you are wondering what female surgeons put up with on a day to day basis.🙄 #genderbias
- Ppl don't seem to get that hospitals/ healthcare facilities relying on PPE donations is a pretty strange way to run a healthcare system. PPE donations should not become the food banks of keeping HC workers safe. So weird how ppl accept this as normal & somehow a good thing?
- Replying to @medburnbookBowel content on the dressing.
- Met my husband a week after I turned 30. It's worked out. This is 18 years, 3 countries, and 3 kids later.
