If Ahmad gets out of his Brighton practice and skates away, we may lose him
from GP-UK. How can we ensure his survival as a GP?
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Stephen Crawshaw MB BS MSc
Townsville, Australia.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Risk <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: Untitled/goodvbad
>This is a bit of a broadside. Actually thought of not sending this;
>but, what the hell ;-)
>
>No one wants to get out of general practice more than I. I am just not
>made for it. This particular course ain't for this ol' horse.
>
>>From building web sites to consultancy to advice to you name it. I
>tried.
>
>Who are all these 'advisers' and 'consultants' who seem to populate the
>DoH, IMG, NHS E etc forever? I can advice. I can do that. Giz a job!
>
>All I seem to be doing is giving the stuff away for free only to find
>some other 'banker' getting the job. However, sharing and MidEast
>generosity of material and spirit is in the blood. One cannot change
>one's nature, can one?
>
>But that doesn't seem to work in getting the job. Other qualities are
>required but it's not my style nor nature.
>
>I couldn't even get the job of (non-technical) Internet adviser for a
>pharma company! Who was it that was more qualified than I am?
>
>This stuff is in my blood. I breathe it day in day out.
>
>In the past 2-3 years I don't think I made a single penny to speak of.
>Not enough anyway to pay all my bills and finance my discerning life
>style am afraid ;-)
>
>Invested a great deal of time and money to educate myself. I enjoy what
>I am doing but sometimes you just feel a bit pissed off.
>
>There are guys out there holding IT/internet jobs that I could teach
>whilst trying to learn to play the piano at the same time. My, some of
>them I have actually taught.
>
>Bitter? Nah, I am like the 'Murphy's' habibi!
>
>The search continues for a way out of this shit hole. Clinical practice
>has become an intolerable intrusion. Time to stop prostituting.
>
>When I felt I was being pushed around, my pride (my nature?) dictated
>that I pull out and do the 'Risk Files' for free. Yeah, the 'Clueless
>>from Feckless' brigade are trying to do the job that I could've done in
>my sleep.
>
>Not my style I am afraid. I'll give the stuff away for nothing for ever
>and not have my thought fettered, raped or brutalised.
>
>Thought is the most precious thing anyone can have. Within it, I am
>*totally* free.
>
>Once you commit thought to words, it is deflowered.
>
>There are things that simply cannot be said in any language.
>
>My thought and intellect are the only remaining domains where I don't
>feel raped. The soul has a long long journey to make to get to that
>core and to finally dwell there. Forever.
>
>
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>Dr Ahmad Risk
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