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Peter Cackett

Edinburgh
As seen in: Nature, ENT & audiology news, The PMFA Journal, Eye News, Urology News
Covers:  Ophthalmology, Medicine
Eye Doctor and Aspiring Author
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COVID-19: Pete's Bogus Journey

COVID-19: Pete's Bogus Journey

Eye News — I managed to body swerve COVID-19 for nine months. The Pfizer vaccine was being rolled out in my trust. I had my first inoculation booked in three weeks. I had survived the Christmas stressful rush of buying and delivering presents, the obligatory writing of cards to relatives who have frustratingly not yet embraced social media or email and clearing the magically replenishing piles of work admin.
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Ophtherminator 3 - Rise of the Machines

Ophtherminator 3 - Rise of the Machines

Eye News — "Bring back life form, priority one, all other priorities are rescinded." Film buffs will spot this as a chilling quote spoken by Ash (Ian Holm) from the classic sci-fi horror movie Alien (1979). Ash (spoiler alert) is a Hyperdyne Systems artificial intelligence (AI) android, who acts as an antagonist and sleeper agent throughout the movie.
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Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House

Eye News — These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin's Hospital, London in the 1954 film Doctor in the House.
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Doctor at large

Doctor at large

Eye News — "In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone...?" In this memorable scene, the monotonous voice of the economics teacher continues during his lesson to a very bored class in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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The meaning of life

The meaning of life

Eye News — Supercomputer: "The answer to the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything is..." Programmer: "Yes...?" Supercomputer: "42. It was a tough assignment". Programmer: "42? Is that all you have got to show for seven and a half million years work?"
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Doctor by the sea (Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 1)

Doctor by the sea (Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 1)

Eye News — "They can always hurt you more." This is The Fat Man's Law Number 8 from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem. For those that have not read this book, it tells the story of Roy Basch, an intern at a hospital called the House of God, a fictionalised version of the Beth Israel Hospital, New York and set in the early 1970s.
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Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE)

Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE)

Eye News — Peter Cackett, Tim ffytche and Dr Irina Gout reflect on historic ophthalmic aid sent to Eastern Europe. This article was written prior to the horrific events in Ukraine. An appeal for funds and equipment may be made by OAEE later this year when the situation in Ukraine becomes clearer.
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Money never sleeps

Money never sleeps

Eye News — "I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich" As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational speech to his staff in the film Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Unfortunately, medicine as a career does not lead to the obscene levels of wealth achieved by Jordan Belfort and his staff, but it does lead to a secure and comfortable level of income.
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Rainspotting. Choose your future. Choose Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 2.

Rainspotting. Choose your future. Choose Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 2.

Eye News — Interviewer: "Mr Murphy, what attracts you to the leisure industry?" Spud: "In a word: pleasure. It's like pleasure in other people's leisure." Interviewer: "Do you see yourself as having any weaknesses?"
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Lost in translation

Lost in translation

Eye News — The article that follows is a collection of reflections and observations by Peter (British) and Nathan (Singaporean) living and working in each other's countries. "Best thing about this place is it's not still full of pompous ex-colonials who think they were born to rule the world.
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What's Eating Gilbert Pete

What's Eating Gilbert Pete

Eye News — "Please phone Mr C Lyon ASAP on 0131 334 9171" This was a message from my secretary waiting for me on my computer one morning shortly after I was appointed a consultant. The name did not ring any bells but whatever it was it seemed urgent.
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A Nightmare on Doctor Street

A Nightmare on Doctor Street

Eye News — "Number one: you can never have sex. Big no no! Big no no! Sex equals death, okay? Number two: you can never drink or do drugs. The sin factor! It's a sin. It's an extension of number one. And number three: never, ever, ever under any circumstances say, "I'll be right back."
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Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin' Alive

Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin' Alive

Eye News — Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next.
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Ophthalmology in a War Zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

Ophthalmology in a War Zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

Eye News — It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a "special military operation" to "denazify and demilitarise" Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it was: an unwarranted and unjustified war against a peaceful European country.
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The ghost of Christmas present

The ghost of Christmas present

Eye News — "Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people." Some will recognise this as one of the many brilliant quotes from what is considered to be the best Christmas movie ever - Frank Capra's tear-jerker It's a Wonderful Life (1946), although for me a close contender for this accolade has to be Die Hard (1988).
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It's Friday, I'm In Love: Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 3

It's Friday, I'm In Love: Pete's Hidden Curriculum Part 3

Eye News — "When you're in love, it's the most glorious two-and-a-half days of your life." - Richard Lewis [1]. The good news is that we are over the hump now and past the most depressing day of the year, which is known as Blue Monday, and falls on the third Monday in January.
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The Real Top Gun: Professor Steve Schallhorn

The Real Top Gun: Professor Steve Schallhorn

Eye News — Steve Schallhorn: Fighter Pilot. In the spring of 1987, I travelled to the cinema at Hendon Central in London with some school friends to watch the newly released movie The Witches of Eastwick starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. Unfortunately for me it was an 18 certificate, and because I looked underage the cinema attendant wouldn't let me in.
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Game show freak

Game show freak

Eye News — As a child of the 70s and 80s, there were limited television viewing opportunities. For the duration of the 70s there were only three channels, only moving to four with the launch of Channel 4 in 1982. Not only that, but many parents of that era considered time spent watching television to be a frivolous pursuit and actively discouraged it.
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An Inconvenient Truth: Pete's hidden curriculum Part 4

An Inconvenient Truth: Pete's hidden curriculum Part 4

Eye News — "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." The above is a quote attributed to Mark Twain from the 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which follows Al Gore, the former Vice President of the United States, as he lectures to the public about the dangers of climate change.
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The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins

The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins

Eye News — Lake, Sweden, as featured in The Story Of Looking. In an interview with Director Mark Cousins about his relationship with sight and storytelling, Peter Cackett discusses Cousins' recent film, The Story of Looking, and how its production informed, and was informed by, his visual experiences of the world.
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Viva Las Vegas: Dr Corey Hochman

Viva Las Vegas: Dr Corey Hochman

Eye News — Speaking with Phoenix-based ophthalmologist and poker player, Dr Corey Hochman, Peter Cackett explores the themes of success and failure, and how the ups and downs of one's ambition can provide an overwhelming gratitude for life. "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
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House of cards

House of cards

Eye News — When I was a junior doctor in the late 1990s writing my first scientific papers, once each article was finished, I had to fill out an application form, print out multiple copies and then walk to the post office at lunchtime to submit everything by mail to the journal.
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Second sight: Ian McKinley

Second sight: Ian McKinley

Eye News — I have always been captivated by a true-life story demonstrating the human spirit of triumph over adversity. For me, one of the most memorable sportsmen overcoming an injury has always been the mountaineer Joe Simpson and his tale of survival after falling down a crevasse with a broken leg whilst climbing the Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes, narrated in his book, Touching The Void (1988).
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A Nightmare on Doctor Street: Two

A Nightmare on Doctor Street: Two

Eye News — The quote below comes from Rudy Baylor, a graduate fresh out of law school and recruited by a ruthless ambulance chaser in the legal drama movie, The Rainmaker (1997). There are numerous jokes along these lines, negatively portraying lawyers, amongst other things, as greedy, amoral and dishonest.
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