Officially i am just an intern at a govt hospital and supposed to be taking my work very easy as i have no responsibilities and no body judges me based on my medical knowlegde or skills, everybody around is willing to teach and give us chances to learn and not blaming us for any mistakes whatsoever is exactly opposite of wht im doin rite now!!
I have been working in this pvt hospital as a resident medical officer since 4 months now... not dat i have a huge amount of patients or good money dat they pay me but i jus cant stay home doin nothing n jus waiting for time for lunch or time for dinner or time to sleep!!! Oh.. except time to sleep!!! :)
I started off with just once a week duty on saturdays, but since one of the permanent doctors hav left, i go almost 3- 4 times in a week which includes 16 hour nite shifts as well. If i manage to catch some sleep then its great but if not i hate to work at nights as when im deprived of sleep, i get cranky and certainly not in any mood to listen to my patients complaining or anyone complaining!! The sister wakes me up saying, "Doctor!! Ward 2 bed no. 10 says he is having gas!!!" Thats when i get mad, i wonder in my head.. "why? why? oh why????? ward 2 bed no. 10 gorges up food at dinner and then unable to produce flatus.. tooooooo baddddd!! Not for the patient but for meeee!!! " and then i respond to the sister.. "yeah ill jus b thre to see him" The sister reminds me "Doctor, its the female patient who is admitted with pulmonary TB" and then i start wondering in my head... "Shittttt!! i need to get a mask first, no i need to wash my eyes first, drink water, then get my steth and then a face mask, so she doesnt end up coughing on my face, and even though examining her is of no benefit as i know she wil complain of pain if i palpate, stil i need to do so, so tht the patient is happy that she was successful in waking the duty doctor and got her meds at 3 am!! She was not even admissted for her abdominal symptoms!! Crap!!" So i ask the sister, "have u given her anything yet??" Sister informs me, "Not yet Doctor, first u should go and see her." Again in my head "Yeah Yeahhhhhh i got thattttt!!!!!" I then drag myself to the washroom and look at myself and wonder "Wow i still look fresh!!" wash my face and then get back to the table, grab my steth and go to ward 2 bed no. 10 and ask "Wht is ur problem mata ji???!!! why cant u sleeeeeep???" (and thats whn i realise i dint put my face mask on!!! but too late!!) She says, "Doctor saab, i have too much gas in my tummy and its painful so i cant sleep." I then palpate her and reassure her saying, "u will be just fine, im going to tell the sister to give u an injection for ur pain." The patient just nods. I go to the sister telling her wht she shud giv and then try to catch my sleep but just in about 20 mins the sister comes to me saying "thre is a patient is casuality." I think, "OFCOURSE THRE IS!!!!" I get out of my bed and grab my steth and a pen and go to the casualty and see this guy who's smelling of alcohol though im 10meters away from him!!!! I observe that he has multiple supeficial wounds all over his upper limbs and lower limbs. I ask him a few questions that would be my concern, "Whts ur name?" He replies,"Z" i ask him "Z, wht happened to u?" He replies, "I was walkin on the road and this car hit me when i fell and got injured" In my head.."U drunked fellow!!! cant u stay indoors instead of wandering on the roads and bumping into some car!!" Then i ask him,"Did u hit ur head?" He says, "No!" Ahhhhh.. big relief!!! I ask him,"Are u sure??" He thinks for a moment and says," No i dint hit my head." Phewwwww!! "So u dint lose ur conciousness and did not vomit?" i asked. "No madam" he says. I tell the sister, "Please dress the superficial wounds, give him a shot of TT and a Voveron and pleaseeeee send him home!" Then i head back to hit the bed and jus before i could even sit on it, the phone in my room rings and i answer, " hello!" the receptionist says " Doctor, thres a patient in casualty and looks serious!!!"
I put the phone down, tak a moment to pray,"God, whtever this patient might have, i hope to make right decisions to treat him/her without causing any harm"
So no matter how busy my duties are or how much deprived of sleep i am, i just love being a Doc!! I am thankful to God and my parents to beleive in me that i could be one. :) I am trying to be a good one. :)
I have a night shift today which will start in about 2hrs and all im hoping is that thre is no patient who falls sick between 1 am to 6 am!!!! :)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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sure i hope that too dear...that no patient cums 2 disturb u that time :)
ReplyDeletewell, very gud for a first post....i enjoyed reading it...looking forward to reading more.
nabee i hope u get more patients tonite!!;)) oh ya btw i loved the "Oh.. except time to sleep!!!" its gud keep on writing! chao
ReplyDelete@bush.. thank u!!! ill see if i can write more :)
ReplyDelete@anthony.. u hoped tht i wil get more patients n guess wht??!!! i did... until 4 am!!!!! grrrrrrrr!!!! im sleepy n cranky now!!!
''PATIENTS...leave my sister alone!!! she needs to sleep!!''
ReplyDeleteheehee aapa...so cool to read whts going on in ur heart...keep posting :)
You should have given the title as "love my sleep"
ReplyDeleteGood one, keep it up soon you can write the THESIS on this profession and get PhD. then you will be called double Dr.
Dr Dr. Nabeela
:-)