A.Besiime

Socio-economic conditions and IQ are linked in both directions. Better education, nutrition, healthcare, & safer childhood environments improve IQ development, while higher IQ supports better educational outcomes, productivity, income, and health decisions. Poverty does not simply reflect low IQ, it can also actively suppress it.

Africa's problem is the miniscule 120+ IQ elite are not aware, or refuse to acknowledge, that the overwhelming majority of their fellow citizens have an IQ less than 90. When we say Africa has low IQ they get offended because they think you are attacking them personally.

He went quiet for a second. Then said, “I’m sorry.” Not defensive. Not angry. Just… tired. He explained. His wife had been in the hospital for weeks. She couldn’t sleep without background noise. Doctors told him to keep things “normal” for her when she got discharged. So every night, he played the same music they used to fall asleep to. At the same volume. Said silence made her panic. I didn’t know what to say. I asked why he didn’t just explain when I knocked. He paused. Then said, “I didn’t think you’d care.” That part stayed with me. I went downstairs the next day. Knocked again. This time he opened the door fully. The music was playing. But softer. There was a hospital bed in the living room. She was asleep. I stood there for a second… then just nodded. I didn’t mention the complaint. He didn’t mention the call. We both understood. I bought earplugs that evening.

When I was in my 20s living in Houston Texas, I had this neighbor who played loud music every night. Not just loud, 2 a.m., walls shaking loud. I knocked once, he didn’t answer. Second time, he opened the door, barely looked at me and said: “Give me 10 minutes.” Closed the door in my face. Music kept going. So I reported him to the building manager. Left a calm complaint. Nothing dramatic. Just: “Consistent noise at night. Disturbing sleep.” Manager said they’d handle it. That night, 1:47 a.m. My phone rang. Unknown number. I picked up. “…you reported me?” "Yes?" I replied.

@SimonKaggwaNjal They did issue one though!

I don’t expect Alexandria to issue a post mortem report sir. That comes from the pathologist at the mortuary. What hospitals issue in the midst of such deaths, are holding statements which show ownership and responsibility.

UPDATE: The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) led by its V.P has filed a lawsuit at the High Court Civil Division in Twed Towers against the government over the withdrawal of allowances for Senior House Officers (SHOs) and medical interns. #MonitorUpdates 📸: @lbrahim_Kavuma

@ssennyonjoRoger @JoshJosha1 @DailyMonitor May be we need to coin a new word for medical interns....may be call them JHOs

@JoshJosha1 @DailyMonitor You’re very stupid

UPDATE: The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has filed a lawsuit at the High Court Civil Division in Twed Towers against the government over the withdrawal of allowances for Senior House Officers (SHOs) and medical interns. UMA says the Ministry of Health directed public hospital heads to stop paying allowances to medical interns, SHOs on government payroll, refugee interns and those on government scholarships. Interns and SHOs have previously gone on strike, citing financial strain as they rely on the allowances for transport, food and accommodation. #MonitorUpdates 📸: @lbrahim_Kavuma

@HarmlessHQ Strategic thinking is often missed by those fixated only on the obvious. This one may be beyond your grasp, best to sit it out.

IRAN is a very wise country and I really salute the smartness of the IRGC. 😂 Trump blockaded Iran and has stopped over 27 ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports. Iran got angry. But the IRGC didn't attack Trump's blockade; they're instead, attacking civilian vessels from other countries. Is that not smart? 😂

@joshuarowe1 @JohnSimpsonNews Israel is a sick country! With nukes and bombs, F35s, all thanks to a generation of idiots in America!

@JohnSimpsonNews Really ??? Where is the evidence ??? Do you not think that perhaps she got killed because she was right in the middle of an active war zone - where civilians are warned [by Israel] to stay away ??

The body of the Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was found by rescuers after several hours of digging in the rubble after an Israeli strike. She is the fourth journalist to have been killed by Israeli forces in seven weeks. This is why the word ‘journacide’ is now being used.

@Owishemwe @Beinomugisha_ @musiime_vin Boss, that number wont drop automatically in your phone. You have to want it! Save it and use it.

@Beinomugisha_ @musiime_vin “Not so many Ugandans”…can we move around together in Ntinda and we find out how readily available this information is?

1. You didn’t call Uganda Police, you directly called the OC - Kigowa. Not so many Ugandans have the privilege of having the numbers of the Officer in Charge of their nearest police station. 2. There’s more UPDF there than Police, so maybe you’re thanking the wrong people.

@truth_to_power2 @cnni You still don’t make much sense to me, but if winning this helps you sleep better, take it. Have a nice life.

@AlanBesiime @cnni What is tribe? Oh you think buganda is a tribe or busoga or bunyoro? FYI, a tribe is an equivalent of a clan. However, each one those 3 nations consists of more than one clan. Buganda consists of 52 of such. We are nations not tribes.The white man used that to belittle you.Wakeup

Walking through the compound that houses the Kasubi Tombs, the main path leads to what should be an entrance. But it ends at one of the layers of thatch covering the 25-foot structure known as Muzibu Azala Mpanga. It looks like a giant basket turned upside down. If it weren’t for the rows of shoes laid neatly outside, you’d never know there was a way in. cnn.it/3QeESJn

If your entire political analysis begins and ends with tribe, then you are not a serious person. You are brain dead! With brain dead politics and paranoia. And before you start that battle, remember this region’s history is deeply mixed. Many of the identities you scream about have Tutsi blood than your shallow hatred can comprehend. Including your own.

@AlanBesiime @cnni Should M7 first thank baganda for having supported his guerrilla war that saw him into power? What else wpuld he have done. Buganda earned what it has today and alot hasnt been paid yet. We faught to be here only that the tutsi despot has failed to fully fulfil his agreement.

I once advised a patient about family planning because it was her 3rd cesarean section…. She had 3 kids at the time. She asked me how many kids my mom had… I said we are 8 and I am the last born… She looked at me for a while and said, “What if my doctor is yet to be born?”

@truth_to_power2 @cnni Shouldn't M7 atleast be thanked , first, for restoring this kingdom?? And allowing it to flourish again??

@cnni Yes its buganda kingdom, the largest kingdom in africa. It is a nation twice the size of Belgium,morethan one & half times the size of Netherlands or Denmark. If it wasn't the British that foils its desire for self determination through puppet Museveni, Buganda would be a beacon.

Well done.

An innocent child is dead. Whether it was a deliberate shot, shrapnel, or yet another ‘accident’ matters for the investigation, but it does not erase the wider pattern.

TRUE! “Best interests of the child” applies clearly to a born child, not directly to a fetus as an independent legal decision-maker in most clinical settings. In obstetrics, the competent pregnant woman, not the fetus, is the patient with autonomy( decision powers). That is why a mother can refuse a cesarean section even if fetal distress is obvious, besides forcing surgery is ethically & legally far more complex than treating a born child But in practice, ....How will you pay for this treatment??.....if the parent says no....things get complicated, unless of course, patient is insured. And there is a willing other person to take care of the child.

@AlanBesiime @kipkoecheruiyot You don't have the right to refuse life saving treatment for your baby... After he/she is born, that is 😥

Some time ago, I begged someone to consent to a cesarean section. There was a clear fetal indication for CS. She declined. She ultimately gave birth normally, but the baby didn’t score well. She even celebrated that she had been coerced into a CS but ultimately gave birth normally, that is what she told fellow mothers in labour. A year later, I met her, the child hasn’t even sat without support. I felt sad. I couldn’t even talk with her. Some things drain you emotionally.

@RitaXenia @kipkoecheruiyot It's called patient autonomy!

@AlanBesiime @kipkoecheruiyot The baby is also their patient

@tebankadde That water bottle!

Diana Museveni ne Barbara Bush in 2003. Balabise batya? 👴🏾

@wooden_don @kipkoecheruiyot Patients make decisions based on many things: FEAR, MONEY, PAIN, CULTURE, RELIGION, PRIOR BAD EXPERIENCES, or a different understanding of the risks.... And if your communication skills are not up there, you may never know why!

@AlanBesiime @kipkoecheruiyot Dr stated there was CLEAR fetal indication for CS. Some people think having birth via CS makes them less of a woman (for religious/cultural reasons). It is the doctor's job to provide informed options and then act on the patient's wishes NOT win hearts and minds.

@TheBoysPub @kipkoecheruiyot A competent adult has the right to refuse treatment, even when that refusal may lead to serious harm or death. Doctors are not owners of patients, they are just advisors and fiduciaries.

@AlanBesiime @kipkoecheruiyot If you’re that competent you can as well give birth to the child yourself at home or anywhere else without doctor’s support