Published 28 October 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4426
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4426

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It’s amazing what you remember from medical school. I’m not referring, of course, to the Krebs cycle or the branches of the external carotid artery: who actually remembers those?

I remember being at a bar directly opposite the hospital, enjoying a drink with a few friends after a full day on the wards. Suddenly our conversation was cut short by the sound of a multitude of police sirens rapidly approaching our location. A few seconds later at least six police cars were parked in front of the hospital and black clothed police officers deployed, looking important.

"What could it be?" we thought to ourselves, with vivid student imaginations. An armed robber on the loose? A terrorist incident? Naturally the actual event was an anticlimax: Cherie Blair was about to give birth. It wasn’t long before the newspapers and the television crews appeared. A few hours later she emerged holding her . . . [Full text of this article]

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