Tag: Dr Patrick Martin MD

“Obama: The Servant-Leader” by Dr Patrick Martin, MD

Obama: The Servant-Leader Patrick Martin, MD Citizen & Student  January 18, 2017 Robert Greenleaf, in his 1970 essay, The Servant As Leader, said “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply… Read More

CBI in 60 Minutes:  A Reflection by Patrick Martin, MD

CBI in 60 Minutes:  A Reflection Patrick Martin, MD Citizen & Student January 3, 2017 Actually, the CBI piece on 60 Minutes lasted eighteen minutes; sufficient time to inhale in anticipation of a mauling. It could have been worse. 60 minutes is an influential program.  At times, its content has direct and latent links to government… Read More

Salute to El Commandante Fidel by Patrick Martin, MD

Salute to El Commandante Fidel Patrick Martin, MD November 30, 2016 There was a time when “an iron curtain” divided the world between Socialist East and Capitalist West.  Airwaves buzzed with exhortations from Voice of America and Radio Moscow.  Proxy superpower conflicts played out in places such as Vietnam, Nicaragua, Angola and Grenada.  In the… Read More

Commentary on “Making health systems resilient to changing needs and threats must be a top priority, says PAHO Director” by Dr Patrick Martin, MD

Dear Dr. Sahely I am pleased to submit the following missive to your blog – for your kind consideration.   In the accompanying article (please see below), PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, recently issued a call for renewed emphasis on strengthening health systems.  Undoubtedly, her call is prompted by the region’s ongoing challenges with epidemics… Read More

Trumped! by Patrick Martin, MD

Trumped! Patrick Martin, MD Resident Citizen & Student November 11, 2016 A Montserrat politician friend once told me “People love a bad man.”  My friend was not and survived one term. Donald Trump is no dummy.  How can a dummy neutralize the much-touted Democrat ground game and their default constituency, the minority vote?  He did… Read More

We Have An Insurgency: A Crisis That Can Be Erased by Dr Patrick Martin, MD

We Have An Insurgency:  A Crisis That Can Be Erased Patrick Martin, MD Resident Citizen & Student November 2016   An insurgency is a threat to the authority of the State.  The Federation is beset with targeted killings, drive-by shootings and the ambushing of individuals, passenger and taxi buses, delivery vans, and financial institutions, some… Read More

The Fog of Fogging by Dr Patrick Martin MD

The Fog of Fogging Patrick Martin, MD Resident Citizen & Student Why is the Ministry of Health not fogging like before?    Invariably, this lamentation erupts when mosquito-borne infections reach epidemic proportions.  It happens every 4 to 6 years when dengue occurs.  It happened in 2014 when Chikungunya left many bed-ridden.  Now, it is the milder… Read More