My heart goes out to those who've suffered or lost their loved ones in the recent natural disasters which afflicted myanmar and china. It is really saddening that most of those who died are young lives with bright futures, extinguished just like that. What has happened has, so i really hope the survivors can pull themselves together and move on bravely with the memories of their loved ones by their side. It is also only during trying times that the resilience of the human spirit shines through; everyone is doing their part, no matter how small, to help and comfort the victims. They can do this, and become stronger.
I never knew I could hurt like this And everyday life goes on I wish I could talk to you for a while Miss you but I try not to cry As time goes by And it's true that you've Reached a better place Still I'd give the world to see your face And be right here next to you But it's like you're gone too soon Now the hardest thing to do is say Bye, Bye
Life is unpredictable, so cherish your loved ones and be glad for everyday they are by your side.
The morbidity and mortality round this morning was more serious than usual. One of the cases under the care of Dr. Lim last year was presented during the round and he was really adamant and angry by the way the respi consultant wrote off one patient as having sepsis from UTI or the previous hip implant when the patient was obviously having a pneumonia and refused to accept to take over the care of the patient. During the discussion, it was felt that the respi team has already decided that the patient was going to have a poor outcome anyway which really shouldn't be the way. Prof Low then shared his views and i couldn't agree more with what he said. According to him, long ago when renal dialysis first started out in singapore, there were only 2 machines so the doctor in charge had to decide who gets to use it. If you get it, you live while those who didn't were sure to die within weeks. It was this saviour mentality he said, which was dangerous and should diminish with times as it's not up to us to decide who lives and who dies anymore in this age; we should just try our best to help those who do without any discrimination or being judgmental. Yet another lesson for me =)
We popped by the medical records office to continue data entry for our project and although they only managed to trace 3 out of the 16 relevant cases we needed, it was still good as we filled in the missing data for the 3, and still had time to join clinics after that. Our tutor sprang a surprise on us loh! He'll be flying to portugal next week instead of the last week of our elective like he told us, which leaves us as orphans for a good 2 weeks! Oh well, at least we can work full time on the project and hopefully finish writing the paper. Clinics was busy as usual, and today i witnessed the patient who did the most research before coming! Armed with his MRI report, he probably googled every single word in the report and jotted down a whole list of questions to ask Mr Lim who patiently answered his questions and even convinced him to follow his management plan. Everytime i thought he saw the mountain of case notes of other patients waiting, his wife or him will just go "Dr Lim i got one more question.". In the end the whole consultation lasted almost 40 mins but their satisfaction was rather obvious. Patience and kindness under pressure is really not easy, but something i hope to learn =]
wongy was here on 9:25 PM
