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I shouldn’t, but I blame the reality shows and the lifestyle pages. Patient One Brenda Ivy Cherotich and Brian Orinda showed up this week and we lost the plot in our own opinions. There are reasons why patient confidentiality is a central principle of health care and some of us demonstrated why we all should respect it.
An online and offline storm followed the televised discussion between the President, Brenda and Brian. The various stages of her journey to recovery, age, profession, intimate relationships and even her body suddenly became available for closer scrutiny and casual debate. The hashtag #TwitterDCI and the refrain “this Government always lies to us” feebly attempted to give the conversations some respectability. This was not the only bridge we erred in crossing this week.
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