RAMADHAN ~
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
After a delay for several days, at last I managed to actually begin my data collection.Before 9 am, I arrived in the eye casualty of CUH.Browsing through the casualty log book, I obtained some retrospective data, just to compare with the current one.Having seated there for a few hours, my back had started to ache,especially when I had to sit at the corner,and not at the doctor's spot. The thing that I really like being in the eye department is the nurses are all very kind and friendly.A nurse from Philipines,she let me do anything I wanted to, Mary D, an Irish nurse who was married to an Indian doctor,was too friendly, telling me about her daughter,a dentist, who is giving birth today.Another Mary, she looked quite serious, but in the end she still quite friendly.At least I wasn't kicked out or left out being lonely.
The doctor? Well, the new SHOs this year were not as freindly as the one last year, I mean last intake.One is from Scotland,he has good attitude towards patients even though not so friendly with students.The rests are Muslim female doctors, not sure where they came from.The registrars and consultants are cool anyway.
Yesterday, I was praying that my supervisor would not come to the casualty and see me there,but things happened the other way round.He came to casualty to get some eye drops for a patient in ICU and he actually saw me! He came to me smiling as always,and took the effort to squeeze in between me and a patient who was getting her vision checked by Mary D.He stared into my laptop and said,'' it's handy,isn't it?'' Then,he took my audit form and look at it closely [that time,the room was dark].We discussed a little bit and as usual,he did most of the talking, non-stop before he made an end note.When he was leaving the casualty after taking the drops, the Scottish SHO asked him for a second opinion.However,he replied,''I'm sorry, I need to see a patient in ICU.'' The SHO tried to persuade him,'' Please, just a minute.'' He was already at the exit door when he turned back and spent about two minutes reading the patient's notes. At that time, I was quite overwhelmed + proud by his action - he could spent about 7 minutes talking to me but when his collegue asked him for an opinion,he refused, before changing his mind.Supervisor, I'll remember your kindness forever!
The light of my life today: Being a new doctor in the eye department, again, the Scottish SHO called another registrar,whose first name is the same as my supervisor's, for a second opinion. This registrar was trying to tell the patient that the reason for her vision problems was due to haemorrhage behind her eyeballs.That is why she was seeing ''fishing like a swim''. Then he stopped and the room became silent before we burst into laughter when he corrected his own words, ''No, swimming like a fish''. That was totally funny, and I , as usual, found it really hard not to laugh!!!
Well, despite the backache as a result form not sitting properly, I also felt a bit dizzy when lights were turned on and off here and then to dilate some patients' pupil. And since yesterday, the nurses and doctors were 'arguing' about the temperature in the room, whether to turn on the newly fixed air conditioner or just use the fan.The nurses seemed not preferring either one,because most of them were having cold and flu.
I guess I need to continue writing article seriously, after stopping for nearly 2 months~
No comments:
Post a Comment