Thursday, November 21, 2019
i can't get daft punk out of my head these few days.
doing one-sided chill groovy jazz guitar scatting with the pomplamoose singer in the shower haha.
doing one-sided chill groovy jazz guitar scatting with the pomplamoose singer in the shower haha.
Sunday, November 03, 2019
“No, I am not Singaporean, I’m from India.”
My mind frequently thinks about what my wife always says to my son whenever I say goodbye to them on Saturday nights to go on night shift:
“Doctor, please, I will decide if I want to stay hospital after my boss confirm MOM will cover me.”
“Doctor, please, I promise you I will come back if you give me 2-3 hours. You see me, I am not like the other patients, I did not leave, I waited whole night 6 hours because I want to seek treatment, that’s why I ask my friend to bring me down here.”
AOR this simple cellulitis but requiring IV antibiotics?
I have not clicked on case, maybe, I can abscond without consult for him so he does not pay the full rate?
But then if I do, I can’t prescribe oral antibiotics for him, and I can’t protect myself if he does have threat to limb or threat to life.
What should I do? I waste time thinking.
I walk to CC x 1 and I waste time waiting to consult a senior. Senior 1 says AOR. I agree, do it the proper way. Give him help the proper way with oral antibiotics. Protect myself with factual documentation the proper way.
I walk back. Foreign worker, and this is a guy younger than me who does not have diabetes or chronic illnesses, begs me again:
“Doctor, please, I am trying to call my boss but he is not picking up. The restaurant opens by 11am, so in 2-3 hours, he will definitely wake up and see my message and give me confirmation.”
I waste time thinking again. The question that I guess I’m thinking most of the time at work.
How can I help him?
I waste more time thinking.
Maybe I can just do his bloods and give him his first dose of IV antibiotics while awaiting. That way, even if he AORs with oral antibiotics, for what it’s worth, he would have gotten a dose of IV. And if he chooses to admit, the next shift doctor would have the bloods done.
I want to help him.
I want to help you, I tell him.
And I waste more time explaining my plan to him.
A simple medical dichotomy put into even simpler english terms.
I walk back to CC and waste more time, because I cannot find senior 1 and I have to wait for senior 2 to run my plan through, especially since it would be a change in senior 1’s plans.
Thankfully, senior 2 thinks my idea is smart, like improvising and making up shit on the ground as I go.
I wasted more time doing that.
I walk back to my consult room and the walking wastes more time.
“Doctor, give me your name. I want to give you good feedback. Thank you for thinking about me and helping me.”
“I recently graduated from the London School of Business and Finance in Tanjong Pagar, and I am now on OJT with a restaurant, Chillas, at One North. That is why my student pass now change to MOM work permit. Doctor, we sell North Indian food, they have your favourite in Singapore, Curry Fishhead. If you come, I will make sure you get good discount.”
My mind frequently thinks about what my wife always says to my son whenever I say goodbye to them on Saturday nights to go on night shift:
“Daddy’s going to be somebody’s hero tonight.”
Sometimes I do wonder if my worthless life ever touched anyone at all haha.
Sometimes I do wonder if my worthless life ever touched anyone at all haha.