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In medicine, like in most jobs, days are humdrum, filled with unremarkable, routine events. The occasional surprise does happen, though, and helps to keep us alert and awake, especially when we’re overworked and “underslept”.
Coconuts in the snow
For instance, I remember one Christmas when I worked in London, when around 3am a tall young man walked into the casualty ward, brushing snow from his shoulders and complaining about sore arms. I asked him what the problem was, and he replied that he had been hit by falling coconuts!
