A new year
Somehow i have managed to pass through the year of 2008 and without knowing it, now already is 2009. i didnt get to celebrate the countdown, maybe that's why :P last week of the last year have been busy doing call duties in hospital.
anyway, a very happy new year to everybody. n now i'm looking forward for my long holiday for chinese new year. i felt regret for missing my friendSSSSS' wedding (in total 2) n seriously, cant say anything to defend myself. Su, so sorry to u again. n alvin also :P tht's y in return i'm going to take long leave for CNY as revenge.
have just finished another few...
y m'sian HO shouldn't work in shift system
House officer in malaysia work in general hospitals after they graduate for training to prepare themselves to work independently after their traineeship. therefore, depend on which hospital they go to, generally they went through a few posting before becoming a full fledged medical officer that we all r seeing outside. major postings include medicine, surgery and obs&gynae, followed by orthopedic and pediatric. we have just include accident&emergency in the latest freshgraduate training programme. now, new house officers will have to undergo full 2 years of training before confirmed...
life is short
last week i witnessed a patient was being resuscitated in casualty for sudden worsening of consciousness and suspected intra-abdominal bleeding and at the end he didnt make it for the surgery. before he was sent to operating theatre for emergency surgery, i was asked by my senior to let the family know patient's condition and counseled them regarding the poor prognosis.
they didn't seem to understand at first when i mentioned patient was bleeding heavily inside the abdomen and we need to do emergency surgery on him and prognosis is poor. then it struck me a second or two that i need to say...
i'm a surgery MO now :D
days since beginning of une have been quite twisting and tiring for me. i did not get to be assigned to periphery or district clinic as i hoped for less hectic and steady working hours, but stayed on in Hospital Taiping, my first training ground for my doctor career, as Medical Officer. the next thing i did was trying to get myself into the department i wanted. after much consideration, i decided i wanted to give surgery a try. i've been very motivated to work during my posting in surgery n there r so much more i want to know n not able to learn in the limited time of posting. however, our...
