What should I keep in my locker?
A veritable Narnia of essentials and comfortsLeyla Turkoglu, core anaesthetics trainee, east of England, says, “Virginia Woolf once wrote that, in order to write fiction, a woman must have ‘money and a room of one’s own.’ I’d like to suggest that a doctor needs a ‘locker of one’s own’ to succeed at work.“My locker is a veritable Narnia of essentials and comforts that I might need for a day in the hospital.“I’ve found that eating a lot on nights makes me feel uncomfortable and lethargic, so my trusty box of Ready Brek is there to fill a gap. There are also herbal teas and a bag of coffee to keep me at just the right level of caffeination.“There’s a fleece jacket for chilly nights and inter-hospital transfers (I keep a £20 note in the pocket just in case).“Long sessions in theatre and a fear of being caught short have caused…
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