PPKSD 3RD DAY

Well, today our group had to visit the A&E or also known as the Accidents and Emergency Department. What we had in mind before actually going there was that it would be as busy as anything, with bleeding, groaning patients here and there(if you watch ER or any TVB hospital drama, you will get my drift). Anyways, before we actually went into the A&E Department, we were given a looooooooooooooong lecture about the department by a certain Mr. Koe, the MA(Medical Assistant) for the department. I, for one, couldn't take it as I keep nodding off whenever and wherever there is a lecture(my close friends should be accustomed to this peculiar behavior of mine of mine by now...xD) Well, that boring part lasted for about 30 agonising, head-nodding minutes before we were actually brought to the place itself. Lo and behold, there it is, the famed place foe screams and tears in a hospital(again, watch ER!!!) How disappointed we were to see that the place was quite empty apart from the Medical Officers and the housemen there. Fortunately, we met this really really friendly Medical Officer, Dr. Kelvin(Ironic!!!xD) The moment he saw us in the A&E, he shouted in a friendly manner,"Out of hundreds of jobs in the world, you guys opt to be a doctor!!! If you want a life, don't be a doctor. If you want a wife, don't be a doctor. If you want to have a nice house and a nice car, don't be a doctor." What a nice reception for us er...future doctors!! He then jokingly added to his friend, " If I knew this was the life I was going to have 6,7 years ago, I would have gone for other jobs!!" Stunned to the core, we then asked him about his views about being a doctor. He then stressed that life as a doctor is mainly a very stressful thing to do, what with the responsibilities and the fact that politics play a very important part in the management of the hospital(now now...this I really can't elaborate...very sensitive issue here....xD) He was being a very truthful doc and I really respected him for it.(I couldn't help comparing him with the OTHER Kelvin that I know, whom right now, is actually studying to be a doctor...xD)

So, that was basically what we did for the day.(Well, we did see a few patients, but they are just so not worth mentioning) So, for those of you out there who actually wants to be a doctor, think and think and think before you actually commit yourself to it as this career would last for the rest of your life!!...or until you resign one day...xD

PPKSD 1st@2nd day.

PPKSD= Program Pendedahan Kerjaya Seorang Doktor or in English: Exposure to a Doctor's Career Programme is a pragramme organised by the JPA(Jabatan Perkhidamatan Awam) for those who applied for the course of medicine in the JPA scholarship. It's main purpose is for the applicants to experience themselves firsthand  of being a doctor while at the samt time allowing us to evaluate whether or not being a doctor is suitable for us. I was placed in the Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani with quite a few of schoolmates(17 of them!!!). Couldn't believe there's so many Ibrahimians who wants to be doctors. It was during the briefing on the first day that I found out that the competition is superbly high.(55 students in my hospital alone, while there are around 000 applicants nationwide!!). Anyways, we were then grouped into 5 grops. Fortunately, I was in group 4 which has another 5 of my schoolmates.( Jason, When Yee, Eileen, Ravind, Zcho Huey) Our group's destination for the first day was the Forensics and Pathology. Suddenly everyone, especially Jason has goosebumps about seeing cadavers and stuffs. Luckily(NOT!!), there weren't any cadavers around except one new body which just came in from Hospital Pantai(previously known as the Strand Hospital). According to the Medical Assisstant, the feller is an old woman who passed on due to complications during surgery. Well, of course we did other things, but that would be the most interesting part of the first day(HOW BORING!!!).

 On the second day, our group had to go to the orthopedics department. Everybody's mind was filled with images of bones sticking out of patients or stuffs like that(I know I know...we are sadistic, aren't we??). Imagine our disappointment when the worse case we could see was just a broken leg and stuff. DAMN!!! Anyways, we were then left to our own by the very very helpful(NOT!!) Sister Lim, the Head Nurse of the department as she had to go do rounds with the housemen. There we were, standing in the middle of the ward, doing nothing and all the doctors ignoring us(not to mention looking at us as if we were invisible!!). How embarrassed we were during that time!!! Zcho Huey embarrassed us even further when she actually asked a doctor to uh..talk to us but he said he was too busy to mind us(Well...she was brave, kudos to her for that!!) Then, somebody suggested that we go to the orthopedic clinic for a few minutes. Holy Cow!! We striked gold here!! We actually found ourselves looking at a case of gangrene(dead tissues in laymen terms) due to  diabetic wound. The nurse told us that the patient had quite severe diabetes to the point that he has very little feeling in his left leg. And there she was, cutting of the patient's dead tissues in his foot. Oh, did I mention that his foot was missing 3 toes?? His foot was cut open to the extent that we could see his healthy tissues(res) and his dead tissues(yellow, like your typical er...nanah) God, no words can describe that image...ask any of us, we shall remember it til the end of our lives!!!! Too bad we weren;t allowed to take photos( I doubt anyone would dare to even if allowed!!). And so, that would be the end of our second day.