Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

Emergency Physician Toronto Joined September 2013
  • Tweets
    12K
  • Followers
    10K
  • Following
    834
  • Likes
    6K
raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

10 minutes ago

Everyone knows there are not bad dogs, just bad owners. via @nytimes nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/…

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

45 minutes ago

You can come to the ER and do a round-up and arrest all the overdose patients who used in public or arrest them dead in the street after public use - it's not going to do a damn thing to improve anything. "Decriminalization remains a sound public policy" by @picardonhealth

picardonhealth Profile Picture

André Picard @picardonhealth

23 hours ago

You can come to the ER and do a round-up and arrest all the overdose patients who used in public or arrest them dead in the street after public use - it's not going to do a damn thing to improve anything. "Decriminalization remains a sound public policy" by @picardonhealth https://t.co/gXyzQ6u1JS

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

48 minutes ago

B.C. caves to the failed criminal justice approach to a health and social problem. As an ER MD, patients using their drugs where I work is a rare problem especially with a functional addictions service. Police have better things to do than patrol hospital bathrooms. @YaaraSaks

globeandmail Profile Picture

The Globe and Mail @globeandmail

13 hours ago

B.C. caves to the failed criminal justice approach to a health and social problem. As an ER MD, patients using their drugs where I work is a rare problem especially with a functional addictions service. Police have better things to do than patrol hospital bathrooms. @YaaraSaks https://t.co/gZZqUbwMs9

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

a hour ago

Lung cancer, COPD, cardiovascular disease, misery. It's time for big tobacco to pay for the human carnage - will Ontario's Attorney General protect the public health? Key reporting by @Cain - @ONAttorneyGen @douglasdowney thetrillium.ca/news/health/af…

Raghu Venugopal MD retweeted
DrKathleenRoss1 Profile Picture

Dr. Kathleen Ross @DrKathleenRoss1

5 hours ago

@KarenGreengma @TrueCan15200205 @raghu_venugopal @rechievaldez @cafreeland @CanadianPM @CMA_Docs 67% of Capital Gains will be taxed. There are no exceptions for small professional corps, such as Family Doctors-taxed on the first $ taken out of the vehicle they were told to save for retirement in. Works out to an additional 8%, applied retroactively to the retirement funds.

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

16 hours ago

The core problem is among MDs themselves. It's interesting how "partialist" MDs concerned with 1-2 organs like the kidney, heart or skin somehow ended up at the top of the pyramid compared to the "generalist" caring for all the organs, the patient as a person and their world.

davidcarr333 Profile Picture

David Carr @davidcarr333

17 hours ago

The core problem is among MDs themselves. It's interesting how "partialist" MDs concerned with 1-2 organs like the kidney, heart or skin somehow ended up at the top of the pyramid compared to the "generalist" caring for all the organs, the patient as a person and their world.

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

19 hours ago

ESP and femoral blocks in the ER. Maybe I need to up my game (and I have registered for a training) and I POCUS a lot - but in the busy ERs I work these patients mostly aren't going home and there are a ton more waiting to be seen. I'm just not doing them. Honest answer.

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

19 hours ago

You cannot run or hide from the dizzy patient and that is why Dr. Peter Johns' YouTube channel on this critical topic is so essential. @PeterJohns84 youtube.com/@PeterJohns84

Raghu Venugopal MD retweeted
petrosoniak Profile Picture

Andrew Petrosoniak @petrosoniak

20 hours ago

Ask my dad if fam med is growing. He's a family doc in Ontario for >40yrs trying to retire for 2yrs & literally no one will take his practice If family medicine was "growing" and well supported, we wouldn't have 2.3M or 16% of the Ontario population without a fam MD!

SylviaJonesMPP Profile Picture

Sylvia Jones @SylviaJonesMPP

2 days ago

Ask my dad if fam med is growing. He's a family doc in Ontario for >40yrs trying to retire for 2yrs & literally no one will take his practice If family medicine was "growing" and well supported, we wouldn't have 2.3M or 16% of the Ontario population without a fam MD!

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

20 hours ago

The 40 pages every ER doctor in the world must read because we will have a dizzy patient on every shift for the rest of our careers. "Do or do not do, there is no try" said Master Yoda. saem.org/publications/g…

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

20 hours ago

The other issue is follow-up care. There is no obligation for any specialist in the community after ER care to accept the uninsured patient for follow-up care. ER use, hospitalization and hospital specialist use goes up as a consequence. That is bad for everyone.

petrosoniak Profile Picture

Andrew Petrosoniak @petrosoniak

20 hours ago

The other issue is follow-up care. There is no obligation for any specialist in the community after ER care to accept the uninsured patient for follow-up care. ER use, hospitalization and hospital specialist use goes up as a consequence. That is bad for everyone.

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

20 hours ago

Choosing in the 2nd iteration to do family medicine is not a predictor of practising it. It's a pragmatic choice of zero income/training vs. some income/training potentially leading to ER, hospitalist, anesthesia, palliative or pain medicine. thestar.com/news/canada/me…

Raghu Venugopal MD retweeted
raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

a day ago

The greatest moment in politics when Republican Senator McCain defended + respected his opponent. "No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man [and] citizen that just I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues". @PierrePoilievre @CanadianPM youtu.be/JIjenjANqAk?si…

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

21 hours ago

Thank you to @CAEP_Docs and Canadian ER docs who will put the benefit of the patient squarely as the priority in front of provincial leaders. Can CAEP members and ER docs attend to watch and explode out the key messages by our peers? @alandrummond2 @TrevorJain @Kapur_AK

TrevorJain Profile Picture

Trevor Jain @TrevorJain

5 days ago

Thank you to @CAEP_Docs and Canadian ER docs who will put the benefit of the patient squarely as the priority in front of provincial leaders. Can CAEP members and ER docs attend to watch and explode out the key messages by our peers? @alandrummond2 @TrevorJain @Kapur_AK

Raghu Venugopal MD retweeted
LindySmithMD Profile Picture

Please protect others #WearAMask #StayHomeWhenSick @LindySmithMD

2 days ago

In 23y of practice, after 14y of post-secondary ed, I've never had that high an income for my 1000 patients despite working 50+ hours weekly. And recall, my overhead comes OUT of my income. And recall, family docs have NO pension, benefits, vacation. open.alberta.ca/publications/n…

Raghu Venugopal MD retweeted
petrosoniak Profile Picture

Andrew Petrosoniak @petrosoniak

a day ago

Stop. You’re literally wrong. You have no clue what matching to family medicine means Most of these MDs will work in a non 1o care envt. How do I know this? Bc I literally teach them. They’re seeking clinical opportunities where they are paid enough to pay back their $150K debt.

SylviaJonesMPP Profile Picture

Sylvia Jones @SylviaJonesMPP

2 days ago

Stop. You’re literally wrong. You have no clue what matching to family medicine means Most of these MDs will work in a non 1o care envt. How do I know this? Bc I literally teach them. They’re seeking clinical opportunities where they are paid enough to pay back their $150K debt.

raghu_venugopal Profile Picture

Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal

a day ago

Feb/24: Ontario struggles, only getting 26% of admits out of the ER within 8 hours. Premier Ford said in Feb/24, "I'm going to be zoned in on these emergency departments....I'll put the money in that is needed." A lot of days, there are just no ER beds. Ask an MD, RN or patient

Trends for United States

Suns
56,8 B posts
Booker
16,2 B posts
#STARDOM
11,3 B posts
Beal
8.078 posts
Timberwolves
21,6 B posts
Bill Barr
28,7 B posts
Westbrook
30,3 B posts
Clippers
35,7 B posts
#GoAvsGo
6.688 posts
Kristi Noem
212 B posts
#FATEPLUS_IN_OAKLAND
69,9 B posts
#WolvesBack
1.961 posts
#Stagecoach
1.154 posts
Vogel
5.409 posts
Troy Franklin
11,7 B posts
Kawhi
21,6 B posts
Mayu
21,8 B posts
Durant
21,6 B posts
Armadillos
2.027 posts
Eric Church

You might like

Senior Scientist/Epidemiologist. Not here anymore. @dgbassani.bsky.social
Diego Bassani, PhD
@DGBassani
62K Followers
🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦Assoc Prof @UofT. Bloodborne infections, Lyme disease, misinfo. @COVID_19_Canada. Defend journalism. Opinions mine. @MoriartyLab@med-mastodon.com
Tara Moriarty
@MoriartyLab
46K Followers
Family Doc | Anthro | Trustee | @mcgillu | @UCL | @Yale | writer | feminist | @FulbrightPrgrm | @nilikm@med-mastodon.com | personal account | (she/her) 🟦
Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD ..
@nilikm
63K Followers
Doctor of Public Health student | MSc Pharmacology/Toxicology | Vohra Miller Foundation | Unambiguous Science | First Exposure | South Asian Health Network
Sabina Vohra-Miller
@SabiVM
27K Followers
Epidemiologist. Ass't Professor of Information (teaching stream), University of Toronto. Concerned about COVID. Duplicating to https://t.co/1au7WuSOpZ
Colin Furness MISt Ph..
@FurnessColin
44K Followers
Former President @CMA_Docs, Pediatrician, Mom of 2, dx: Excessive Passion Syndrome #EPS, Lover of Change, Seeker, views are my own, she/her
Dr. Katharine Smart
@KatharineSmart
24K Followers
MPP for Don Valley East | Emergency Physician | Dog Dad
Dr. Adil Shamji 🇨�..
@ShamjiAdil
5K Followers
Emergency Physician, fighter of misfortune and disease; and better indoor air quality w/ @theRavenApp. Can code (badly). Into history/politics/tech/AI. #fella
Kashif Pirzada, MD
@KashPrime
45K Followers
son of refugee/prisoner | social medicine | primary care doctor | founding editor @harvardchanSPH | public policy @princeton | IG: drandrewbb
Andrew Baback Boozary
@drandrewb
43K Followers
#Covid19 Scientific research and data sharer, charts, and commentary. U of W M.Math (Statistician) ret. N95's and vax reduce risk. https://t.co/ONgI6BSoe0
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦
@Billius27
57K Followers
A grassroots campaign to #SaveHealthcare and make Ontarians’ voices heard. A Supporter of the @OntarioHealthC @ghostgurney.bsky.social
Ghost Gurney
@ghost_gurney
3K Followers
Internist| Germ Fighter| Life is a series of hashtags interrupted by rare moments of enlightenment.
Abdu Sharkawy
@SharkawyMD
70K Followers
Wife. Mother. Award-Winning Registered Nurse. Public Speaker @SpeakersDotCa. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut. My very presence is disruption.
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruy..
@birgitomo
63K Followers
M.D.,C.M (McGill '78), Rural Physician, Coroner, Emergency Medicine Advocate, Underemployed Sommelier (DipWSET) and Father of Triplets.
alan drummond
@alandrummond2
21K Followers
Dad, Pediatrician. Shelter Health Network and some hospitals. Nothing I say here is medical advice.
Joe Oliver
@joeolivermd
21K Followers