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The first section of facial hair is gone! Thankyou to Joana from Anaesthesia for her contribution. Unfortunately due to the stress of losing my beard, certain steps were required (for more info refer to the video below).
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To give a few sobering statistics for you:
1. 398 deaths resulting from suicide were recorded amongst American Veterinarians between 1979 and 2015 (Tomasi et al. JAVMA. 2019)
2. 326 (82%) of those deaths were men (Tomasi et al. JAVMA. 2019)
3. Most male suicides (298) [75%]) were ≤ 65 years of age. (Tomasi et al. JAVMA. 2019)
4. Male Veterinarians are TWICE as likely as other men in the general population to commit suicide. (female vets are 3.5 times more likely!!!)
5. The number of people who have taken their own lives in New Zealand is the highest since records began, with 668 dying by suicide in 2018.
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