Saturday, 2 March 2013

A geriatrician in progress...

Pejam celik pejam celik...dah hampir 8 bulan pun aku menjawat jwtn sbgi Peg. Perubatan Siswazah aka HO- houseofficer or doktor pelatih...& dah nak hbis pun 2 posting drpd 6 posting...

As ramai yg tahu, aku memang x sesuai jadi surgeon...so memang fokus aku kepada medical based carrier la either physician or paediatrician...so, bila dpt posting medical ni, aku initially ingat nak join team yg paling byk belajar...org kata, kat sini renal team & chest team paling byk belajar...so, aku aim nak join team tu la initially...

Untuk pengetahuan korg, kat cni ada few teams dlm medical department, x mcm hospital lain....Ada team infectious diseases aka handle kes2 penyakit berjangkit mcm dengue, AIDS etc, cardiology, neurology, haematology/ oncology, renal, chest, gastro, endocrine, dermatology, rheumatology, general medical, geriatrics & palliative medicine...ada aku tertinggal x? hu...

Tup, tap, tup tap...x dpt..untk 2 bulan pertama, aku dpt general medical (GM)..as name implies, ini adalah ward perubatan umum mcm kat hospital lain..gen medical involved dgn cases yg x de diagnosis lagi, common illness cam UTI, cellulitis, DVT, case yg complex sgt smpi perlu byk team, case2 drug overdose, & even case speciality lain pun termasuk kat GM mcm case MI, stroke, pneumonia, asthma, HHS, dengue, leukaemia etc...Alhamdulillah la, GM exposed aku kepada variety of cases & hopefully leh trained aku become a better doctor...

Then, aku ditukarkan ke geriatric aka ward orang2 tua...memang x ramai suka ward ni..Almaklumla, susah nak ambil darah & set branula kat org tua...aku pun mula2 x nak..cukup pengalaman aku kat Hospital Banting clerking 1 nenek ni...dekat 2 jam kot ambil history dia...dia cerita dari zaman jepun, zmn ye muda remaja smpi la masuk hospital...stress aku..bila cut short pun ye ulang balik benda sama...tp aku sahut cabaran gak...

1st day kat geri, aku disambut baik by the staff & specialists...he...actually sronok gak layan nenek2 & datuk2 yg tua ni...yg nyanyuk, yg kuat melatah etc...buat hati aku terhibur..sedar, x sedar masa pun berlalu smpi few staff nurses ckp kat aku..."Dr ni baik la dgn orang tua..Dr patut ambil geri nnt..saya sendiri bila tua nnt nak org prangai cam Dr treat saya..seyes, Dr ambil geri eks...ktorg support..." Ha...so, aku mula terfikir, not bad gak geri ni..memang initially aku minat nephro, tp how geri manage their patient, buat aku tertarik dgn geri..lagipun geriatrician kat Msia ni masih sgt kurang tp makin ramai org tua...why not kan??

Smpikan 1 hari, waktu my boss belanja makan, she asked me..."Sazali, nnt nak ambil apa? saya rasa awak bukan surgeon type...nak ambil medical x, suka geri? ktorg leh rekemenkan & support..." Hu....& few days laters, my consultant tahu aku minat nak jd geriatrician...Ha..tp aku x buat paeds lagi..hu...tengok dlu eks..

Apa yg aku belajar, nak treat patient ni kena byk bersabar...esp dgn org tua..Jaga org tua sgt susah..kat cni sendiri ramai yg hntr mak ayah yeorg kat nursing home sbb x mampu jaga...seriously, sabar & ikhlaskan hati, insyaallah, kerja jadi mudah...

-senyum sokmo-

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