#Death Begins in Radiology

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Reaper! Ghost (Part 3 of ?)

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Life is strange when you’re falling in like with Death.

It takes you by surprise, and then horror when you recognise the signs.  And even the realisation comes to you slowly.  

You go for a walk around the hospital floor with a nurse, leaning on every available surface and then the nurse for support.  And unbeknownst to anyone but you, Death follows you, silent and vigilant.  His hands shoot out to steady you every time you falter, remnants of long-forgotten instincts resurfacing, but of course, he can’t touch you, and he won’t risk touching you even if he could.  

You hear him, though, his sharp inhale when you trip, and his sigh when the nurse supports you in time, stops you from falling over and hurting yourself.

When you’re brought back to your room for some rest, Simon hovers at the door before you motion him inside.  You only notice his tightly clenched fist and his shoulders that almost kiss his ears because he relaxes them as he enters. 

At some point, the nurse lets you walk by yourself a little, hovering a few steps behind you, and you walk past the x-ray department, past radiology, then pathology, and end up turning the corner, straight into the children’s ward.  You pause there, and when your nurse asks you if you’re alright, if you feel dizzy or uncomfortable in anyway, you reassure him that you’re okay, you just wanted to look.  When you glance over at the large glass window, into the room where the babies sleep, you see three.  Girls, judging by the pink ID tags by the ends of their little cribs.         

“Stay here, I’ll be right back,” your nurse says, squeezing your shoulder, giving you a minute.   

When the corridor is empty, you feel his presence before he even opens his mouth to speak.  “You want children?”

Your laugh is more scandalised at the abrupt, personal, completely inappropriate question than anything else.  But…were you going to explain the rules of societal propriety to the Grim Reaper?  You wouldn’t know where to begin. 

“I don’t know…I’ve never given it any serious thought.  I–I suppose?  At some point.  Maybe or maybe not.”

He nods, seemingly lost in thought again.  When he speaks, after a moment, his words seem measured, but his voice is raspy.  “With abdominal injuries like yours…women often worry about whether it affects their ability to have a child.  Have y-you—”

It shouldn’t take you by surprise.  It fucking shouldn’t.  He’s…old.  He knows and understands the ways of the universe better than anyone or anything—he is the way of the universe.  And this line of questioning is hardly rocket science (though he probably knew rocket science anyway).  Your own doctor had addressed it with you.  But it takes you by surprise anyway, and you attempt to cover it up by answering his question with one of your own. 

“You don’t find it sad?  You have to reap every soul ever born.”  You motion to the children beyond the glass with your chin.  “Even them, at some point.”

“S-sad?  I…I don’t remember what that feels like.”

You open your mouth to try to explain it to him, but you spot your nurse making his way back to you and that’s where the conversation ends.  You think that it may have been for the best.  Because how were you going to find the words to help him remember what sadness felt  like, explain a quintessential human experience to someone who had no need for it?  You didn’t think you’d have done a very good job of it at all. 

“I spoke to the doctor earlier this morning,” you tell Simon, a few days later.  “They’ll repeat my scans in forty eight hours, and if it’s all clear, they’ll send me home.”    

Simon nods.  He looks down at his feet and then back to you, seemingly unsure of what to say.  And…you understand.

Being in the hospital with you like this, it’s like you’re both in a bubble.  The memories of the accident are fresh, nightmares about it plague you, you can’t even hope to move on when everything reminds you of why you’re there in the first place.  But, in two days, you’ll move on from this place, go home, recover, resume the rest of your life.

There is a life for you outside of the stark and sterile environment you’re currently in, bright and vibrant and real.  There is nothing for Simon.

The thought bothers you more than you’re willing to admit.  You don’t know where you can go from here, or how, but you do know that you don’t want your connection to end.  

He’s Death, after all.  Omniscient.  Alpha and Omega and everything in between.  And you’re nothing to him, a speck in time and space.  A singular star in a universe.  Fragile, human, fallible, to his infinite.      

He nods again, seemingly in response to a thought he’s had, and when he speaks, he breaks your heart a little.  “I think…I think I feel sad.”

Life is strange when you’re falling in like with Death and He’s falling in like with you.  

[femalesurgeonuae]

What is Breast cancer Screening?

Screening assessments look for infections previous to the onset of negative results. Finding the disorder at its earliest and maximum curable degree is the goal of screening. Reducing the variety of passes of a sure contamination is one of the measures that a screening program wishes to goal if you want to be universally general and recommended via healthcare professionals. Lab checks that analyze blood and other physical fluids, genetic testing that search for received hereditary disease-related markers, and imaging checks that create pictures of the inside of the body are examples of screening tests. Everyone has normal get admission to to those exams. However, elements like age, sexual orientation, and family history have an effect on someone's eligibility for a specific breast most cancers screening in Dubai check.

Additional screening for breast cancer

Numerous research have confirmed that appealing reverberation imaging (MRI) and ultrasound can beautify mammography through detecting breast tumors that mammography might miss. Ultrasound and MRI are not meant to replace mammography. Rather, they may be applied together with mammography on a particular organization of girls. To determine if an MRI or ultrasound is excellent for them, women must visit their professional or the radiologist who referred them. Furthermore, breast most cancers surgical treatment in Dubai is regarded as amongst of the finest.

Concerning breast cancer

Breast most cancers is defined as cancer that is formed inside the tissues of the breast, often in the lobules (organs that generate milk) and tubes (tubes that carry milk to the areola). Breast most cancers in guys is a thriller, but it influences all styles of people. For American women, breast most cancers is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths. Throughout her lifetime, one in eight girls could be discovered to have the contamination. The risk taken by way of one lady to develop breast most cancers rises with:

· Age

· A records of contamination within the circle of relatives

· a documented alteration in BRCA1 or BRCA2 quality

· Beginning the lady cycle early in life

· Reaching adulthood at the time of a child's first beginning or by no means having conceived

· Dense breast tissues

The usage of materials like progesterone and estrogen

· Weight

· Utilizing cocktails

Among the girls with improved threat of breast most cancers are those who have:

· a modification of set up BRCA1 or BRCA2 fine

She has now not for my part had hereditary checking out, however she does have a first-degree relative (mom, father, brother, sister, or child) with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 great alteration.

· A lifetime probability of round 20 to 25 percentage or better for breast most cancers, as decided by means of hazard evaluation gear that broadly speaking rely on maternal and paternal history

· Received radiation remedy for the chest between the ages of 10 and 30.

· an inborn diffuse gastric cancer, Cowden disorder, Li-Fraumeni circumstance, or some other hereditary illness, or having a primary-diploma circle of relatives with this sort of ailments

One's private records of breast cancer

tips for screening

Major governing organizations concur that annual screening mammography, starting at age forty, saves lives, in spite of the reality that guidelines fluctuate. Women between the ages of 40 and 74 who obtain screening mammograms are much less possibly than folks who do not to skip faraway from breast cancer, in keeping with america Division of Health and Human Services (HHS). For girls who're at normal danger of breast most cancers, screening mammography is automatically recommended starting at age 40 through the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR). According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), screening saves lives and women between the a while of forty and 44 must speak it with their PCP. The American College of Surgeons states that screening mammography have to start at age 45 and preserve often till age fifty five, at which factor ladies can alternate every two years. According to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), usual girls should begin having screening mammograms every years at age 50. Women who've experienced breast cancer and people who're more susceptible due to a family history of the disease are cautioned by way of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to see a grasp clinician regarding the frequency of screening and whether or not to start in advance than 40 years of age. The best age to stop mammography screening has now not yet been hooked up; though, screening must cross on so long as a girl is in top health, with little regard to the passage of time.

Women who're at a excessive danger of breast cancer need to follow some recommendations. The majority of excessive-danger women are required by American Cancer Society guidelines to begin mammography and MRI screening at age 30 and keep for so long as they're wholesome. Certain excessive-threat girls can start receiving MRI scans as early as age 25. It's vital to preserve in thoughts that women with out chance factors account for almost all of breast most cancers instances. When figuring out the first-rate time to begin and the way frequently to adopt breast most cancers screening, ladies must speak with their radiologist or vital consideration specialist.

How is one screened for breast most cancers?

Examining the breast clinically

The expert thoroughly touches the breasts and underarm vicinity in the course of a clinical breast examination to test for lumps or whatever else out of the normal. By checking their breasts for lumps or modifications in size or shape, women also can carry out a self-check in their breasts. Breast self-trying out and scientific breast trying out can assist women apprehend changes of their breasts more unexpectedly and help them get more comfortable with how their breasts must commonly seem.

Mammography Screening

One kind of x-ray exam finished to observe the breasts is known as a mammogram. For this kind of imaging, a tiny quantity of radiation is implemented to the breasts for you to take pictures inside the breasts. For extra statistics on x-beams, see the Security page. Your breast will be positioned within the mammography unit by using a especially skilled radiology technician in the course of the manner. A unmarried stage is used to % your chest with an oar, which is generally made from clean acrylic or another sort of plastic. The technician will gently tap your chest while ensuring you continue to be silent. Typically, two snap shots of every breast may be taken: one displaying the breast from top to backside and the alternative a calculated facet view.

Tomosynthesis of the breast

Breast tomosynthesis, that is regularly known as three-layer or 3-dimensional mammography, is a high-level breast imaging method that photographs the breast the usage of PC reproduction and low-element X-rays. It aids inside the early analysis and treatment of breast most cancers earlier than poor consequences are felt with the aid of girls. Not all imaging workplaces have access to breast tomosynthesis yet.

Ultrasound of the Breast

An imaging approach referred to as a breast ultrasound employs sound waves to create images of the breast's interior. A breast ultrasonography can take pix of the breast region that a mammography may not have the ability to expose. It also can assist in figuring out if a breast lump is a solid lump or a sore full of fluid. You will lie to your lower back on the evaluation table for the breast ultrasonography. Your breast is cleaned through the sonographer (ultrasound technologist) or radiologist applying a clean gel and urgent the transducer firmly in opposition to your skin.

MRI of the breast

A PC, radio recurrence beats, and a strong appealing discipline are used throughout breast MRI to produce finely specific photographs of the inner of the breasts. Using radiography, anomalies that are not visible with mammography or ultrasound may be determined. MRIs are regularly reserved for ladies who are specially at risk of breast cancer. You will lie face down on a stage with apertures in order that your breasts can be compelled and examined with out being compressed for the duration of a breast MRI. An IV line, additionally referred to as an intravenous (IV) catheter, will be inserted into a vein to your hand or arm by way of a technician or attendant. You'll be escorted to the giant hall that is the MRI unit magnet, in which you'll lie pretty motionless while lots of images are taken underneath you. Extra pics are captured while differentiating fabric is injected into the intravenous (IV) line.

Pathologist

After inspecting the sample of shed tissue, a pathologist renders a verdict. You will get hold of the outcomes from the radiologist or your referring health practitioner, relying on the office. A growing wide variety of girls are battling breast cancer as a result of in advance detection and progressed remedies. In the occasion that a cancer analysis is finished, you and your primary care medical doctor will decide on a course of remedy after talking over your opportunities. More therapy choices are available to girls now than they've in latest reminiscence. See the treatment web page for breast cancer for additional info on treatments.

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New Amsterdam 3x14 "Death Begins in Radiology" ★★★★★★★★☆☆

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What Is Cirrhosis?

Our livers are capable of self-healing and regeneration. However, as scar tissue eventually forms, it loses some of its ability to perform as intended. Circulatory flow to the liver reduces as the number of scars rises. The liver's fundamental functions are also impaired. This may occasionally result in liver failure and even death. Cirrhosis claims more than a million lives annually throughout the world.

In addition to managing difficult liver surgeries, Dr. Aniruddha Bhosale Head of Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery  at His Hospital in Pune, has decades of experience treating liver cirrhosis as well. He is renowned for offering the best Liver cirrhosis treatment in Pune. due to his extensive training and experience.

Let's learn more about cirrhosis today, including its diagnosis and treatment.

Cirrhosis of the liver is a disorder brought on by persistent liver injury. The liver becomes hard and nodular in this syndrome. Fibrosis replaces the liver tissue. When cirrhosis develops, liver damage is permanent. The cirrhotic liver can no longer regenerate.

Cirrhosis classification

1. Compensated Cirrhosis

It is simply a liver that has been damaged yet is still largely functional.

2. Defamed Cirrhosis

The beginning of the signs and symptoms of liver dysfunction is represented by the advanced stage of cirrhosis.

Why may cirrhosis be harmful?

Cirrhosis causes a number of complications, including

Ascites (abdominal fluid)

Edoema (limb fluid)

(Vomiting blood) Variceal bleeding

The encephalopathy of confusion

Hepatorenal Syndrome, or malfunction of the kidneys

Lung condition (Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Hepatic hydrothorax)

liver tumour

The signs of cirrhosis

The symptoms of liver disease that progresses from early fibrosis to cirrhosis typically take years to appear. Early on, there are frequently few, if any, symptoms.

When symptoms appear, they are occasionally misdiagnosed, disregarded, or linked to additional potential causes. However, if the condition worsens, the symptoms could become more obvious. These signs consist of:

Fatigue Confusion

Weakness

Itching

reduced appetite

Loss of weight

Nausea

Simple bruising

Jaundice

ankle, foot, and leg swelling

Bloating due to ascites in the abdomen

Cirrhosis causes

Cirrhosis is most frequently brought on by:

1. Alcohol-related liver disease: This condition is often brought on by   years of heavy drinking.

2.Hepatitis B is a common contributor to cirrhosis.

3.Hepatitis C is the main predictor of liver transplants and one of the    common causes of cirrhosis.

4.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Cirrhosis is more common in people who have diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and high cholesterol. With the prevalence of lifestyle disorders rising in our community, this is fast becoming one of the most common causes of liver cirrhosis.

Among the uncommon causes of cirrhosis are:

First Sclerosing Cholangitis

Wilson's disease and other hereditary illnesses

Hepatitis auto-immune

Hemochromatosis

Celiac illness

Medication

Cirrhosis diagnosis

1: liver biopsy

It is the most precise method for determining the stage of cirrhosis. Nowadays, liver biopsies to diagnosis cirrhosis are rarely performed due to advances in radiological techniques.

2. Magnetic resonance elastography or an ultrasound

These methods for detecting cirrhosis are non-invasive.

3. Blood examinations and imaging devices (CT and MRI)

These can be used to track the development of diseases.

Cirrhosis of the Liver Treatment

In Pune, cirrhosis is frequently treatable before it worsens and a liver transplant is necessary.

The cause and severity of the disease play a major role in cirrhosis therapy.

But after diagnosis, treatment should start right away.

The only known treatment for cirrhosis is liver transplantation.

To slow the growth of liver scarring, you should follow the steps listed below, which include:

Avoid consuming alcohol and drugs that can harm the liver.

Avoid over-the-counter herbal supplements and medications because some of them have been linked to liver damage.

The risk of liver damage from prescription drugs is increased by cirrhosis. As a result, the effects on the liver of every prescription should be carefully considered.

Avoid eating raw shellfish that might have bacteria in it. In those with advanced liver disease, it can potentially result in a serious infection.

Exams and hepatitis A and B vaccinations

antiviral medication for treating hepatitis B and C.

Detection and treatment of bile duct obstructions caused by ursodiol, one of the secondary causes of cirrhosis.

Regarding the treatment of people with cirrhosis, nutrition is crucial.

As soon as you receive a cirrhosis diagnosis, you should start treatment. To get the finest care after the diagnosis, you should always speak with a skilled and experienced liver specialist in Pune.

[srijellyfishtempura]

We need to talk about Elinor Wrobel.

I (as I relatively often do) was looking for a Grainger quote that I remember from my first Grainger era (about to go into my third Grainger era), that quote being "yours, for meat-shun-ment and world-peace, Percy Grainger". In searching for this, I found this weird catalogue of exhibits in the Percy Grainger museum:

The weird thing about this to me was the foreword - it feels like an essay someone had to write about how the ocean and the sea affected Grainger's life and composition, but being written by someone clearly very knowledgeable about Grainger and trying to stoke more interest in the exhibit than there actually is. This text begins with a full timeline of the major events in his life, including the fact that he learnt acting and painting when he was 9?

Anyway, it describes Grainger as "a performer, composer, educationalist, linguist, artist, writer, archivist, sado-masochist, clothes reformer and women’s liberationist. Anti-Puritan, uneducated conventionally [and] a gregarious socialite" which is just. Such a collection of adjectives to put together. I would somewhat argue against him being a women's liberationist but go off I guess. This essay also goes on to describe Grainger as influenced by basically every culture, as well as this amazing quote: "As an embryo he rocked, awash and secure in an ambiotic sea in his mother’s womb." THAT IS THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH. THAT IS ONE SENTENCE SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. I cannot stress enough how much the author stretches to relate everything back to the sea, because the entire thesis statement is to try to get people to come into the Grainger museum to see the sea exhibit.

I swear I'm getting to Elinor, but I just want to share some of my favourite (most concerning) bits of this essay:

Casual Racism!

"maybe Rose whipping her philandering husband fucked up Percy a little bit. ANYWAY, here's his family history!"

Grainger really doing some eucharist bullshit here according to Cyril Scott (in a letter to someone else)

What the fuck is the connection here like author really just used a run-on sentence here

This is the ending lines.

Anyway, here's where we get to Elinor. Elinor Wrobel is the author of this catalogue, and the curator of the seas exhibit of the Grainger museum (that was put on as a special exhibit in 1998 I believe). The first thing that stuck out to me about her writing is that a significant portion of her references were to her own essays or program notes, which I should go read after this on a day i want to feel pretentious - Another thing I noticed was the absolute pretention that all of this is written with. Every time I got to a new paragraph I was excited to see what new combination of words Elinor would come up with to describe Grainger in the most idiosyncratic way possible.

So naturally, after seeing how weird this writing is, and how fun it was to do a dramatic reading of, my friend (who I was on a call with while discovering all this) decide to google Elinor, to see what her whole deal is. Buckle up, things are about to get weird. Also probably good idea to say cw discussion of death.

This is Elinor Wrobel:

She is cackling in front of a wall of specimens, which just so happen to be body parts of dead people! The Sydney Morning Herald has described her as the "matron of morbidity" for her work in curating the Lucy-Osborn Nightingale museum in the hospital of Sydney, a museum FULL OF DEAD BODY PARTS.

They have the hand of the first radiologist in Australia still preserved in resin - he did Australia's first radiology experiment in 1896! They have an almost full-term abortion preserved from a time before abortions had medical procedures, where both the child and the mother died. She absolutely slayed the day away at all times and she was very instrumental in preserving and celebrating hidden parts of the body in Sydney Hospital. She received an OAM (Order of Australia Medal, one of the highest awards an artist can receive in Australia) for her work, and should be known more. In terms of Grainger, she was one of the key contributors to the Grainger museum in the 90s, curating many exhibits and being very clearly knowledgeable and loving of his music.

There's an excellent quote that I've found from her while writing this post (god I have so many tabs open) - "I think that if anyone is just remembered past your lifetime, that's amazing! I don't think that I will be remembered for anything," especially prescient right now, as unfortunately she passed away just 7 days ago. I, for one, think that her work in preserving Grainger's memory, and in setting up Sydney Hospital Museum to remain a haven for body parts, and all of the other work that she has done, makes her deserving of being remembered. Please go and remember Elinor Wrobel.

Yours, for meat-shun-ment and world-peace,

Nath

[nileshcarrerhospital3]

Early detection of Breast Cancer leads to better survival

The alarming numbers of breast cancer cases reported in the current year have led to serious concerns among the medical fraternity.

The most effective way to decrease this number is by identifying high-risk patients and enabling them to undergo regular screening. CIMS, Career Institute of Medical Science, Bhopal, MP has been regularly screening patients but the number needs to increase. The hospital is well-equipped with imaging and radiology devices to ensure an accurate diagnosis.  The hospital has been effectively detecting high-risk patients and carrying out awareness campaigns so that more patients report when symptoms occur.

The best drill to follow is for all women above the age of 15 years to contact their doctor and discuss the need for a routine checkup. Screening for breast cancer cannot prevent getting breast cancer but what it can do is identify it at the onset of its growth. What we are witnessing in India is that majority of cases are treated at the hospital in the 3rd or 4th stage. At this stage mastectomy, the complete removal of the affected breast is the only option left. This also affects the patient physiologically. Though there are options for breast reconstruction and reshaping, these are expensive options and not widely available. The sooner treatment begins the suffering caused by cancer and death rates can be brought down.

The symptoms of breast cancer are difficult to spot in the early stages. There are also lots of reservations among women to report any symptoms or changes to family members or doctors. With campaigns and awareness programs we hope to see a change in this attitude.

 Most people are unaware of the symptoms of breast cancer. A lump in the breast or underarm should be shown to a doctor. Swellings in any part of the breast. A dimple or a dent formed in the breast. Pain around the nipple, change in shape, size, or redness, and swelling is also an indicator.  

Many a time these symptoms are caused by other medical conditions. Therefore it is important to get yourself checked regularly to rule out the possibility of cancer.

Early detection is the only way forward.

[carrerhospital]

Early detection of Breast Cancer leads to better survival

 

The alarming numbers of breast cancer cases reported in the current year have led to serious concerns among the medical fraternity.

The most effective way to decrease this number is by identifying high-risk patients and enabling them to undergo regular screening. CIMS, Career Institute of Medical Science, Bhopal, MP has been regularly screening patients but the number needs to increase. The hospital is well-equipped with imaging and radiology devices to ensure an accurate diagnosis.  The hospital has been effectively detecting high-risk patients and carrying out awareness campaigns so that more patients report when symptoms occur.

The best drill to follow is for all women above the age of 15 years to contact their doctor and discuss the need for a routine checkup. Screening for breast cancer cannot prevent getting breast cancer but what it can do is identify it at the onset of its growth. What we are witnessing in India is that majority of cases are treated at the hospital in the 3rd or 4th stage. At this stage mastectomy, the complete removal of the affected breast is the only option left. This also affects the patient physiologically. Though there are options for breast reconstruction and reshaping, these are expensive options and not widely available. The sooner treatment begins the suffering caused by cancer and death rates can be brought down.

The symptoms of breast cancer are difficult to spot in the early stages. There are also lots of reservations among women to report any symptoms or changes to family members or doctors. With campaigns and awareness programs we hope to see a change in this attitude.

 Most people are unaware of the symptoms of breast cancer. A lump in the breast or underarm should be shown to a doctor. Swellings in any part of the breast. A dimple or a dent formed in the breast. Pain around the nipple, change in shape, size, or redness, and swelling is also an indicator.  

Many a time these symptoms are caused by other medical conditions. Therefore it is important to get yourself checked regularly to rule out the possibility of cancer.

Early detection is the only way forward.

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[greyscentral]

Inside nuclear reactor meltdown

Some of the Tepco staff had lost homes, and even families, in the tsunami, and were initially living in temporary accommodation under great difficulty and privation, with some personal risk. This was undertaken by hundreds of Tepco employees as well as some contractors, supported by firefighting and military personnel. Thereafter, many weeks of focused work centred on restoring heat removal from the reactors and coping with overheated spent fuel ponds. The three units lost the ability to maintain proper reactor cooling and water circulation functions. This disabled 12 of 13 backup generators onsite and also the heat exchangers for dumping reactor waste heat and decay heat to the sea. The other three, at Fukushima Daiichi, lost power at 3.42 pm, almost an hour after the earthquake, when the entire site was flooded by the 15-metre tsunami. Power, from grid or backup generators, was available to run the residual heat removal (RHR) system cooling pumps at eight of the eleven units, and despite some problems they achieved 'cold shutdown' within about four days. The reactors proved robust seismically, but vulnerable to the tsunami. The main problem initially centred on Fukushima Daiichi 1-3. Fukushima Daiichi units 4, 5&6 were not operating at the time, but were affected. The operating units which shut down were Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) Fukushima Daiichi 1, 2, 3, and Fukushima Daini 1, 2, 3, 4, Tohoku's Onagawa 1, 2, 3, and Japco's Tokai, total 9377 MWe net. Subsequent inspection showed no significant damage to any from the earthquake. The tsunami inundated about 560 km 2 and resulted in a human death toll of about 19,500 and much damage to coastal ports and towns, with over a million buildings destroyed or partly collapsed.Įleven reactors at four nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and all shut down automatically when the earthquake hit. Japan moved a few metres east and the local coastline subsided half a metre. An area of the seafloor extending 650 km north-south moved typically 10-20 metres horizontally. The earthquake was centred 130 km offshore the city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture on the eastern coast of Honshu Island (the main part of Japan), and was a rare and complex double quake giving a severe duration of about 3 minutes. The Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0 at 2.46 pm on Friday 11 March 2011 did considerable damage in the region, and the large tsunami it created caused very much more. Disaster-related deaths are in addition to the about 19,500 that were killed by the earthquake or tsunami. Official figures show that there have been 2313 disaster-related deaths among evacuees from Fukushima prefecture.Government nervousness has delayed the return of many. There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident, but over 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a preventative measure.This task became newsworthy in August 2013. Apart from cooling, the basic ongoing task was to prevent release of radioactive materials, particularly in contaminated water leaked from the three units.Official 'cold shutdown condition' was announced in mid-December. After two weeks, the three reactors (units 1-3) were stable with water addition and by July they were being cooled with recycled water from the new treatment plant.All four Fukushima Daiichi reactors were written off due to damage in the accident – 2719 MWe net.The accident was rated level 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, due to high radioactive releases over days 4 to 6, eventually a total of some 940 PBq (I-131 eq).All three cores largely melted in the first three days. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011.

[leighlim]

He ran!!!!!!! :)))))))))

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(Hopefully by this point you’ve finished three seasons of ‘New Amsterdam’, the kind of person who isn’t bothered by spoilers, or are just deciding if you still want to keep watching.)

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I really thought that it wouldn’t happen (just because it was hinted so many times and...well...it just did not happen!). But the hint when we got the wideshot of Helen and Max walking through specific areas (because we’ll pass them again if Max decides to go for it)...was a bit of a nudge that something was going to happen.

Fingers crossed this would be a Eric and Tami Taylor type of situation: heaps of challenges...but no breaking up.

(Yes! I absolutely am glad that the show waited...and confirmed its values...)

Of course that makes me wonder about Lauren and Floyd. Do all roads lead to them finding their way back to each other? I really thought Floyd was going to hold out and not go for someone who is married. But him making that decision seems to be a reference to what Lauren told him about jumping off a cliff. It is true...that there are times that lessons are learned only after a ‘cliff fall’. It’s interesting that both of them are imploding (I guess Lauren is going first this time?) at a similar time frame.

PS: Is there a ship name for Floyd and Lauren yet? Floren? :D

PPS: Any idea why they’ve chosen to use chapter titles for this episode (’Iggy’, ‘Floyd’, ‘Max’, and ‘Lauren’)?

PPS: Anna Suzuki is crushing it!!! HAHAHAHA....geez! Was that her one appearance in the episode? I wonder if Sandra Fall was altered just for her.

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HIGHLIGHT:

INT. NEW AMSTERDAM (BOARDROOM) - DAY

MAX emerges from under the table and KAREN closes the door.

KAREN If I've learned anything...It's knowing when to let them go. When to move on.

MAX I want to move on. I do. But I didn't get to make that decision. That choice was taken away from me.

KAREN shakes her head in disbelief. What kind of pool of grief is this man wading in?

KAREN She'd understand

MAX isn't convinced and eyes his nemisis. What is this Karen? But his energy to throw a cheeky remark isn't there. Instead, he bows his head forlornly.

KAREN Max.

She sits next to him.

KAREN Look at me.

With a heavy head, he eventually looks up and turns to her.

KAREN (a bit more emphasis) She'd understand.

MAX I almost took it off.

He nods. The guilt is unbearable.

MAX On the aniversary of her---

His eyes say all he needs to say: It feels like its a betrayal, just the idea of moving on.

KAREN Why didn't you?

It's clear that he's been battling this each passing day.

MAX Because when I look at Luna. I don't even see Georgia anymore.

He stares at her, but not really. You get it. Right, Karen?

MAX I just see my little girl. And when I look inside, Georgia's not there either. That ring---

He shakes his head. It kills him to even need to put it into words.

MAX It's all I have left...

He chuckles bitterly. Staring off...their years together reflected in his eyes.

MAX ...of our whole life.

KAREN Well, it didn't just slip off your finger. There's a reason you took it off.

She lets that sit.

KAREN Maybe you should trust your subconscious.

MAX nods like he's in a dream.

MAX Yeah.

KAREN Yeah.

A flicker of something.

MAX Like I'm trying to tell myself somthing.

SANDRA burts in holding up the ring.

SANDRA Found it.

MAX What? Really?

He perks up and stands.

MAX Wow! Yes! You're amazing. Thank you.

SANDRA nods in her deadpan way.

MAX turns to KAREN.

MAX I gotta go.

He rushes out after SANDRA. KAREN just sits there resigned.

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My verdict of the episode: 7/10

Link to the timestamp commentary: TBA

More of my thoughts about the show: I am thinking of doing a ‘The Comedy Of...’ kind of piece. Let me know if you’d like that to be pushed right at the top of my to-do list. :)

[kendalroys]

Max and Helen in NEW AMSTERDAM season 3 episode 14 "Death Begins in Radiology"

[924inlegend]

Sharpwin Week 2021 - Day 2: Favourite Sharpwin episodes ↳ 1x05 Cavitation ↳ 1x16 King of Swords ↳ 2x07 Good Soldiers ↳ 2x10 Code Silver ↳ 3x12 Things Fall Apart ↳ 3x14 Death Begins in Radiology 

[femalescharacters]

HELEN SHARPE New Amsterdam: Death Begins in Radiology

[lgbtqwomen]

NEW AMSTERDAM → 3.14 - Death Begins in Radiology

[garelloswatch]

I'm watching New Amsterdam 3x14 "Death Begins in Radiology"

[kizzys]

3x14 “Death Begins in Radiology” // 4x04 “Seed Money”

[rhaenyratheconqueror]

NEW AMSTERDAM 3x14: DEATH BEGINS IN RADIOLOGY