John Platt
@johnsplatt.bsky.social
NHS doctor 1979-2024, physician, geriatrician and stroke physician with an interest in teaching. Now retired. Lancastrian but long in London. Art and the natural world. Reader. Tries to keep drawing.
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Wishing you success with this important and beneficial, but no doubt challenging work.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wishing you success with this important and beneficial, but no doubt challenging work.
Just a cartoon about my own very minor problems. No offence intended to the difficult work of carers like yourself and the severity of problems of old age. Apologies.
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just a cartoon about my own very minor problems. No offence intended to the difficult work of carers like yourself and the severity of problems of old age. Apologies.
Very wise Jennifer !
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Very wise Jennifer !
A marvellous painting.
Perhaps it’s time for him to wake
Perhaps it’s time for him to wake
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A marvellous painting.
Perhaps it’s time for him to wake
Perhaps it’s time for him to wake