In a few hours, the video in which doctor Aïcha N’Doye pushes the song in an operating room, of the Polyclinic Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, has gone viral. The surgeon has become accustomed to using this method to reduce the anxiety of her patients before their anesthesia.
- “Music has always been part of my life in the same way as medicine and it’s the way for me to combine business with pleasure”, says doctor Aïcha N’Doye.
- “Performing an intervention without taking into account all the stress factors is not good for the patient or for the rest of her treatment.”
“If I Ain’t Got You”. It is this song by Alicia Keys that doctor Aïcha N’Doye, gynecological surgeon and senologist, sang before operating on her patient who was anxious. While she was singing, the practitioner was filmed by one of her colleagues. The Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine Polyclinic where she practices her profession, published the video on Facebook Monday, January 9. Very quickly, it made the rounds of social networks and moved many Internet users.
“I do it quite regularly with stressed patients”
This isn’t the first time the specialist has performed songs in the facility’s operating room. “The first time I did it was in the operating room for a restless patient who we couldn’t get to sleep. I then offered to sing, The person remained very calm, until falling asleep. She was also very calm when she woke up, so we thought we had to do it all the time! I do it quite regularly, in all somewhat complex situations with stressed patients”, said, to France Blue GirondeDoctor Aïcha N’Doye.
The surgeon explained that she pushed the song for complicated deliveries since she was an intern in medicine. “For me, it was banal, I didn’t think it could be so popular. (…) I ask patients their favorite song and if I know it, I sing it, otherwise I choose a soft song that allows them to leave gently. That’s often what I like more about Soul, but it can also be Aznavour, rap…”, said the caregiver who started singing at 13 or 14 years old.
Gynecological examination: “Singing soothes them, relaxes them”
In an interview with the daily South Westthe practitioner indicated that she also sometimes sang for patients during a consultation. “I sometimes consult women who have not seen a gynecologist for a long time, others who have been traumatized by brutal examinations, or who are afraid, who are stressed. I dim the light, I ask them to concentrate on my voice. Singing soothes them, relaxes them. And we can carry out an examination quietly. A gynecological examination is complicated, we touch on intimacy.
