Three days into the program and time is flying quite slow compared to my days in Renaissance College.Well,the slower the better because thnigs are getting very interesting!Today,we were posted at the Jabatan Pembedahan.HAHA.Don't think that we got to witness a live surgery because we're not allowed.Dissapointed but at least we went to the wards.But first,we headed to the Klinik Pembedahan where they conducted minor surgeries.A friendly officer took us on a tour.He basically told us that the Ketua Department was Mister Andrew Gunn,andowh yeah,when someone specializes in surgery,he's no more called a Doctor,he's called a Mister or if she's a lady,Madam.Nice.But we didnt get to see him though.SAD SAD.After that,we headed to the operation room but only got to look from outside because a surgery was being conducted!And yeah,there are different surgical units such as Urologi,Plastic surgery and Orthopedics.When we went to the wards,our sister explained that there were main post surgery wards(Urology is separated by male and female)and the paed ward was for children from 1 month old to 12 years of age.
Before exploring the surgical ward,2 housemen had sometime to talk to us.The guy was super jovial and very chubby.HAHA.The female doctor was explaining a lot on life being a housemen.(Sorry,but I forgot their names.LOL.)Anyways,their advice was
a)Be polite to everyone.
b)Be humble eventhough you know something they don't(They refers to the consultants and nurses).
c)A housemen is posted almost 4 months in each dept.There are 6 main departments.
d)Time management is very important.
e)Respect everyone especially nurses because they help you a lot.
f)1 log book for every 3 months posting,fill it up with everything u've learnt.Then,the consultant will mark it.If He is not satisfied,u'll be extended for a longer period.
g)Once you've become MO'S,we can take specialization courses such as MRCP from the UK.
h)Medicine is a life long learning process.It does not stop at the degree level only.
Well,after a good advice from them,we were allowed to interact with few of the patients.Here are some of the cases there:
a)Young boy met with a motorbike accident.Cracked his skull and is hospitalized for 2 months already.Aged about 2 years old.Quite serious condition.God Bless Him.Hope he'll recover well.
b)Another young boy,aged 2 years old suffered from burns as hot water fell on his leg.Wow,that hurts.3 days in hospital.(I got kena that before when I was twelve.
c)The next case was a 5 year old just after a urinary tract operation.He's 12 days in hospital.
d)And the final case was a boy about 1 years old has plastic surgery on his legs because of some burns.They change the dressing everday to keep the wound free of germs.
Anyways,after lunch was the most interesting part.We went to the Forensics Department,that is commonly known as 'RUMAH MAYAT'.Wow,it sends chills down the spine.We kinda like ponteng surgical ward because we've covered everthing.So,we headed of to the rumah mayat with another group.Very interesting place but creepy.Mr Ampri was there to guide us.First he explained that the pakar only came if the case was a murder.He had his own post mortem room taht all the cool equipments.If it was mayat Islam,the mortuary only kept it for 3 days.If it is unclaimed,the government will sponsor it to be buried.For non-muslim bodies,they keep it for one week.If it is not claimed,they body maybe be taken in for medical study purposes.We went around and saw the place where they stored specimens for analysis and the freezer for dead babies.Thy crazy thing was before we were about to leave,a nurse said excuse me to me and placed a dead baby/foetus body right beside me.Super fresh!Wow,really didnt expect it.It was all covered with white cloth.Creepy.After that,it was even more crazy.We saw 4 dead bodies in the 'peti sejuk'.The 1st body was a burnt victim,unknown identity,for more than a year already.It was fully covered with fungus and had the skull and all.Wow,but not so smelly.The next body was an Indonesian maid who killed herself by jumping off a building.She had a huge sharp crack in her skull,like someone just axed it,and not so smelly either.But,when the guy opened the third one.the smell was terrible!It was like super super super salted fish!Wow,there were two unknown bodies,the white cloth covered in blood and liquid.Had no dea how they died,but super smelly.Disgusting but thats the life of a doctor!After that,we headed to the room with all the equipments.There was a saw to cut skulls and a vacuum to suck all the bone dust.The room had a metal bed where the disection would be done.An yeah,I forgot to mention that we also saw a fresh dead guy who just died from the ward.Wow,what a day man!And yeah,before we left I saw a poster that said:
Before entering the room:
a)Have good faith.
b)The body has got nothing got to do with you.
c)Confidentiality.
d)Do not take photos or record videos.
Surely,when I become a doctor.I will follow all the rules and regulations before entering the morgue.The day was fantastic and exciting.This is a superb experience that i'll never forget.But,theres more to come and I can't wait for tommorow!Till then,wait for my update!
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