Stay back = 7am - 10pm
On call = 7am - 5pm, return to work at 10pm
Post call = go home at 1pm
So, the story was that I was post call one fine day, trying to get myself something to eat for breakfast. Luckily, they announced that Kak M was selling meals at the thumbprints / punch cards area. Since I was on call the day earlier, I didn't sleep much and I managed to get my work done (Prostin review, AM review etc) by 7 am.
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| Example of doctor's diet. |
I took a RM 10 note and even collecting orders from the nurses, volunteering myself to buy meals. Excitedly, I walked towards the side door to exit the ward, passing few beds occupied by patients. Just about to leave the ward, a patient gave a signal to me that she was in pain.
Pain in O&G (antenatal ward) mostly means contraction pain.
So, I returned to the procedure room to do vaginal examination (VE) to see how much her os already open. "Oh, nice, dah 5 cm ni Puan, kita hantar pergi labor room untuk bersalin ya."
After documenting the VE findings, I informed the nurses to prepare the patient and her file as the patient was going to be transferred out of the ward to the labor room. Upon leaving the counter, once again another patient claimed she felt leaking of liquor. I went back to the procedure room with that patient and was about to do per speculum to see if there was really liquor pooling in the vagina. Luckily, a MO, Dr. XYZ was there and volunteered to do it for me (thank you very much doctor!), so I prepared the documentation instead.
Then, Dr. XYZ decided to continue with morning rounds. Finished the round around 9am and proceed to carry out all plans like tracing investigation results, taking blood, doing discharge summary yada yada, it was already almost 12noon.
Good bye, nasi lemak.
See you when I see you.
:D
So many experiences with meals, to be honest.
Not to forget, I bought nasi kerabu at 9am and was only available to eat at about 8pm and found out that my nasi kerabu was not in the pantry. T___T I suspected the nasi kerabu was not in good condition anymore and people threw it away.
Another best moment was when akak PPK offered an extra patient's meal for me. Honestly, meals in my hospital are very good, especially the doctors' diet - available for me especially if my duty is in the labor room. Ayam masak sambal hijau, ayam masak merah, ayam masak kicap nyum nyum.
Cuma itu lah, masa nak makan properly tuuu. Hahaha.
That's the main reason I provide myself with something to eat on the go.
M, Perak, Malaysia
180513
