Last couple of week I did my attachment in orthopedic department at HSAH, Sg Petani. Overall the experience was good. (Why does it feel like I'm about to give a review, lol) The head of department was cool, the specialists, MO, HO are all helpful and friendly. I understand it must be a hustle (and bore) to entertain us medical students while you're working. Thank you for letting me learn and willingly explain the littlest and silliest thing I've asked. I never learnt their names (I'm very bad at this) but I'm pretty sure they didn't remember mine either, so we're even. 😛
One of my memorable case in the ward was the one when they did wound debridement (I think, I can't remember! Omg why didn't I write this sooner) on this 60s Malay uncle. It was a quite painful because they had to cut some slough and dark edges of the skin that has gone bad due to the diabetic foot. This uncle non-stop saying his istighfar and never once he screamed. Somehow it made the doctors job easier; when the patient is calm and collected, the doctors can focus on their work. On the contrary, similar case with the 30s malay female that kept screaming because she was in pain. Both doctors did try to calm her down but she kept screaming. So after a while the doctors' tone became monotonous and they rolled their eyes; annoyed with the patient. They both still did a good job, just the feeling of annoyance still lingers even after the procedure ended. They still gave the best advice to the patient but I can sense they're not exactly happy with the patient due to the fact she didn't take care of herself well and ended up in the hospital often.
Quite a few incidents make me self-reflect and try to instill my passion for medic deeper; so that one day I'll be able to practice happily. Currently, I'm in the obgyn department. Day 1 and I already decided that obgyn is not for me. 😂 Hopefully this bad stigma will change at the end of the attachment. We'll see!
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