I promised myself to update everyone on this programme and at last i've found sometime.Wow,being a doctor IS NOT EASY.Anyways,my day started quite well.I arrived about 8 am,and there we're already a number of people there.And guess what,not even one guy was wearing 'formal attire'(the complete neck tie and shirt outfit)LOL.Luckily when I approached the registration area,I,Charwinth and Kumar were the pelajar contoh.LOL.Now,lets fast forward a little bit.Met a few guys,Thivagar and Foo Siek Min,who were friendly.The hall was filled up in no time by future doctors.
Then,we were invited to eat,but I only drank coffee.Didnt feel like eating.At about 9.30am,we headed to the dewan for a taklimat.The Penolong Pengarah was giving a speech on the seriousness of becoming a doctor.It deals with lives of the patients,so yeah.Exactly about 10am,we were separated into 9 groups and I was in Group 1.Charwinth was the Ketua btw,all the girl voted for him.LOL.Really interesting.And another suprised came together,WE WERE ON CALL FROM 5PM TO 10 PM.That was super cool!Everyone was excited and were looking forward to emergency and accident cases.
At last,our group headed to our first ever posted department JABATAN PERUBATAN.Owh,yea,before I forget,my group mmebers were Foo Siek Min from Kulai,Me,Charwinth,Goh Su Li,Shaktis and Shobana from SSI JB,and a few other from all over JOHOR whose name i cant remember.Now,we followed a Sister(the term used for Ketua Jururawat)to the normal Medical Deparnment.The policlinics were packed with patients and I realised the workload the Doctor's had.The hospital was lacking in doctors btw.After that,the real fun part came.We met 2 MO'S(Medical Officers).Their pangkat is slightly higher than the HO'S(Housemans)Dr Ismail and Dr Wong gladly shared their experience about life being a Doctor.The main thing is you are not going to have an easy life as work is the main thing in becoming doctor,and dont be a doctor if your parents told you too.
Then,we headed to the wards,the reality of becoming a doctor.We were further separated into 2 groups and me,charwinth,shobana,su li and foo were on the same ward.The first patient was a ex-policeman named Abu Bakar.He was suffering from lung infection and was on antibiotics for a week.Antibiotics are used to fight disease causing bacteria in case you didnt know that.The second patient we met was admitted because he lacked blood.Another suffered from asthma and high blood pressure.The last patient we met was suffering from lymphoma(not sure of the spelling).Its the cancer of the lymph nodes.That was really terrible to hear but that a doctor's job.A doctor should never get emotionally involved with a patient.The best part was he had a huge smile and was only 42.Poor guy,I hope he gets better.
Wow,we were exhausted already and we still had our on call from 5PM TO 10PM.Imagine the doctors who work 36 hours(they come to work on monday morning and go back on tuesday evening but this is what that really excites me,the seriousness of the career.At 5 something,we headed to the A&E department(Accident and Emergency).This is where the real stuff happens.The department is separated into 3 zones.Our Sister,explained that the red zone is for the extremely serious cases,yellow zone is semi-serious cases,the green zone is for the not serious cases.Before reporting to that department,our group took a detour on our own,it was really fun.We went to the O&G department(Obstetrics and Gynecology).This place was super cool.Sister's showed us around the 1st class wards and finally we got to see a baby being delivered!It was awesome,except for the part that the girls did not allow us to watch it.Damn.Anyway, i will witness it one day.At least we got to see the new born baby!OMG.It was soo pink in colour and we saw how the nurse cut his umbillical cord(its a boy,woo hoo!)HAHA.The,she weighed him and took his temperature.He seemed healthy.And he was shivering btw,the place was air conditioned and was freaking cold!Poor guy.
And at last,after a partial good scolding from the boss,A.K.A DR SAID..We were freaked out man!He was lecturing us for loitering around,nevermind that story.
We had a briefing on what to do 'ON CALL'.They further divided us into 3 groups and I formed a group of my own,and i'm the ONLY BOY.HAHA.It was fun!Made new friends and had a good chat with May from Perak.She's(May) interesting to talk too and her motto is LIFE SUCKS.LOL.At 8PM,we started our rounds.My team was stationed at the red zone for 45 minutes.It was cool to watch how an endoscope work,and had a nice chat with Dr Ismail.A jovial guy explaining a lot on how being a doctor involves no extra time,not to make money or own big cars,but it a dedicated service to help others.Real liked his talk,it was very inspirational.And yeah,the endoscope set has the same value as a NEW TOYOTA CAMRY.Now,thats cool!
Our next rounds at the yellow and green zone were super boring until 3 buzzing sounds were heard!(ONE TIME BUZZ MEANS GREEN ZONE,NEXT IS YELLOW AND 3RD TIME IS RED ZONE)Almost everyone rushed to the red zone and a man was suspected to have a heart attack.The doctors immediately tried to stabilize him.The best part is another 3 buzzing sounds were heard and another patient came in!HE HAD A BLADE STUCK TO HIS ABDOMEN.OUCH!They were like covering the curtains and all,sadly we could not see what was happening.Whew,luckily,he was safe.He did not lose much blood.And then,when everything was back to normal,we headed to meet the Deputy Pengarah again for some advice.He explained that doctors don't have fixed lunch breaks and stuffs like that.Everday is a new day,hectic and THE PATIENT IS YOUR TEXTBOOK!At about 9.45pm,we were allowed to go back home!Wow,exhausting but superb 1st day.I will never forget this day man.Me and Charwinth stopped by a mamak restaurant for dinner before heading home.And guess what, I was totally tired and slept off within a few minutes after a good bath.Tring but fantastic day.Can't wait for day 2.
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