Medical?

hiya guys... so I'm back from my medical tour. Okay, first things first.... it was narrowed down to three days instead of five. It meant that the programs were squeezed to fit a so-called "busy schedule" of theirs. I don't know who's fault it is.. JPA peeps or the hospital themselves. I was even more aggravated when i found out my friends attending other hospital tours had their original five day program. Gahhh... oh well, it's over now and there's no point frust-ing now. I'll just have to wait if I get called up for the interview on Monday.

So, let me narrate on how things started and ended.

Day1
Sean and I arrived at the hopsital around 8.40am. He was expecting about 50-100 people there. How wrong a statement that was. There were about 200-240 students. It was quite jam pack full. We waited abit until we were ushered into a board room.
So anyways, we were then separated into 6 groups.. in which sean and I were then apart. Btw, I also met some old school mates there too. xD
My group's first program was orthopedics. Nothing much to see.. though I did see two tumors and a doctor placing a cast on a patient.
Then we were off to General Surgery Department which again was a disappointment 'cuz we didn't get to see anything again. A doctor gave a talk for the whole 2 hours... ZZZzz We merely saw pictures... -sigh- was a bit demoralized after the first day. More so the fact that we had to walk about so much. Oh btw, a leader was picked at the beginning for each group. And according to the research I made... the leader gets extra privileges to watch surgeries and stuff.. something the members aren't allowed to do... a whole load of crap that turned out to be. x(
Got home with Sean to my house... what a tiring day. Anyways, was looking forward to a better one tomorrow.. forensics was the first one up xDxD

Day2
It was a struggle to get up. So tired... Oh and we managed to go through all the jam and reach the place sharp at 8.30... phew just in time. Managed to make new friends. My group were then brought to the forensics department... some doctor gave a brief insight of what its all about and then we were off to the morgue(i think thats what you call it). Guess what? A body came in... apparently it was a murder case that happened that very same day at 3am. It was a police investigation and the doctors were told to do an autopsy. We were all excited. They stripped him.. did a facial check ( there were bruises the size of a clinched fist ). then they started shaving his head. Some of us got really excited while others couldn't bear to watch. Just as they were about to cut his head... some guy shoo-ed us out!!! ARGHHH!!! i was like totally annoyed and at the same time frustrated that we missed the whole fun part. The following group had the privilege to watch it all. AHHH!!! apparently, they took the brain out.. cut open the body and took some organs out... some irrelevant ones were then tossed back into the body which was later stitched up. so much for the excitement that morning...
Next up, Gynie.. any guys reading this.... you can start calming your hormones down. You don't get to see any delivering whatsoever or anything related to that. I did manage to see some babies though. Very cute.. fresh from the oven (if you know what i mean, hahaha). Gosh! they were adorable. I saw a nurse sterilizing a baby, 'cus apparently it got strangled by its own umbilical cord... turning his whole face blue. ZZzz poor thing. that was followed up by A Q&A session...
Lastly... (Pesakit Luar)Out patients.... these cases were like... how to say, immediate..get done and get lost kinda thing you know? I mean the patient's sickness were minor and could be dealt with instantly.. like those normal clinics you go to. (i think). There wasn't much to see there either. Oh by the way, Sean told me something funny that happened the previous day. During his pesakit luar tour, a female patient along with her son came into doctor's room. He and his friend were in the room chit-chatting and learning from the doctor for quite a while now. So the lady asked the doctor...
Lady:Doctor, I ada problem la
Doctor: yeah, what is it?
Lady: Saya punya anak ah... itu bawah sudah tertutup la
Doctor looks confused.. so was Sean and his friend(Vicky)
Doctor: I tak faham.. what is it?
Lady: itu bawah la.. sudah tak ada....
By now Sean and Vicky were totally confused.. as they looked at each other. They then took the safe step by walking outta the room the moment the lil' boy was placed on the bed and the lady took of his pants (the rest I can leave it to your imagination)
That was about it for Day 2. Oh yeah, how must I forget... the Lunch Fiesta. hahaha, my group of friends and I walked out of the HKL compound to have lunch. It was some random coffee house. the food was... very ordinary.. better than the crappy place Sean led me and Vicky to the previous day, not to mention how far we walked under the blazing sun.
So anyways, we did some crazy stunts in there which I think all of us are gonna remember for a long long time. The fun continued when we were ready to head back but it was raining cats and dogs. It took us bout 15-20 minutes to get a cab. That too I will never forget 'cuz we squeezed 6 big sized people in the back when the smallest dude was sitting in front. ZZzz... It was torture for the next 10 mins in there. To top if all of, the taxi driver conned us of rm6. ZZzzz that old dude xP

Day3
The last day. Emergency room... I was hoping for at least something today, it was after all the last programme scheduled (on-call was taken off the list). Sean and I were earlier that day. Reached there, got separated into groups again and off to our respective departments... -sigh- another disappointment as there was again nothing interesting. It was merely a short tour and yet another speech by one of the staff.
After all that, everyone gathered back in the auditorium(same one as the first day) and we had a Q&A session. That's about it I guess...
All in all, everything was okay I guess. I made many new friends.
I guess this tour did achieve it's objective.. making me rethink about medical again. It's a journey.. a very long one. One medical officer said, "Being a doctor is not a career.. it's a life". how true that is.
Oh btw, the 2nd and 3rd day.. Sean and I took the monorail and KTM home. Gosh.. I don't think I'll ever take the KTM back again (if i can help it). It is probably the worst form of transportation you can have during its peak hour... especially when you're dead tired and you're sandwiched in the KTM between smokey dude and a very sweaty smelly guy.. where there's absolutely no space for you to move.. (it was that FULL!!)
So anyone reading this.. thinking bout medical, I guess you should probably attend one of this tours. It could help you rethink your decision, it certainly did me.
So yeah, that's how my three days pended out. I'll post some pics later on if i have the time. I guess I'll see y'all again soon
ciaoz for now
-darrenkhoo
-signing out