Tag: Dinesh Palipana
Emergency Department Dr with a wheelchair
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Dinesh Palipana was a young medical student with a promising career ahead of him, when a car accident left him with C6/7 spinal cord...
COVID‐19 and Spinal Cord Injuries: The viewpoint from an emergency department resident with quadriplegia
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) present distinct physiological and social considerations for the emergency physician. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, these considerations may generate unique challenges...
The barriers to becoming a doctor with quadriplegia | Dinesh Palipana | TEDxBrisbane
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Halfway through medical school, Dinesh was involved in a catastrophic motor vehicle accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. He still went on...
‘I might be quadriplegic, but I’m your doctor’
When medical student Dinesh Palipana suffered a severe spinal injury in a car crash, he was told his dream of becoming a doctor was...
Soon-to-be doctor behind new spinal cord research six years after becoming quadriplegic
MOST doctors study for years so they can help others but for Southport’s Dinesh Palipana, it is much more personal.
A month out from his...
