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What Protects the Development of Doctors?
What Protects the Development of Doctors? Watching Doc Martin in Cornwall? Perhaps. Although if any of us attempted to imitate him too closely, AHPRA would probably be on our doorstep before morning. Still, the question itself has interested me for years. Not the question of competence. Medical education has become remarkably good at developing competence.… Keep reading →
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The Narrow Window: Gaza’s Ceasefire, Medicine, and the Race Between Conscience and Neglect
——- Dedicated to you – and to every doctor who kept working when the lights went out. ——- I. The Narrow Window The guns have quieted, but Gaza is not at peace. What we call a ceasefire, those who live beneath it call a pause in exhaustion. You can still smell the smoke. Generators hum…
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THE ROAD BACK – A LIFE BETWEEN PLACES
by Paul Alexander Wolf (Hlokomela Clinic – Treatment Room 1) —— There comes a point in every long journey when the road ahead feels shorter than the road behind. That’s when you start looking not for new destinations, but for the meaning that carried you this far. —— Beginnings My father had fought in the…
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The Duty of Witness in an Age of Secrecy
The Duty of Witness in an Age of Secrecy By Dr Paul Alexander Wolf There are times in history when governments forget that secrecy was meant to protect the people, not to protect power. This is one of them. In Gaza, the trucks wait at closed borders while leaders trade threats. Food is withheld in…
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THE SILENCE BEFORE THE STORM – A CHARGE TO THE WORLD
——->> THE SILENCE BEFORE THE STORM – A CHARGE TO THE WORLD By Dr Paul Alexander Wolf 🇦🇺 – October 2025 >>> There is a calm now in Gaza that tastes of warning. Trucks queue at the crossings – engines idling, food on pallets – and a promise of relief waits for permission that does…
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RIPPLES OF HOPE – THE CALL BEYOND GAZA
RIPPLES OF HOPE – THE CALL BEYOND GAZA – In Memory of Saleh Aljafarawi – Palestinian journalist, 28 – assassinated October 12, 2025, Gaza City >>>>> There are moments in history when silence is not peace – it is betrayal. And one of those moments is now. Picture a young man in Gaza – camera…
