Straight from the heart

... I have been wanting to write this one for long now. Unfortunately, I get busy every now and then and start blogging so much so infrequently...

... Medicine term, huh.. It aint that easy to find time afterall, especially after i get this term after an alleasy minors and Psm...

... But certainly, this term has exposed many shortcomings in our daily set up to me than did Psm and minors...

... Here are few real incidences which i have been across in this short burst at medicine term...

..... Once there was a patient which came in casualty. That patient was admitted to medicine unit 3. Patient had Rt. Hypochondriac pain. The C.M.O. admitted it to medicine saying its a generalised abdominal pain. Patient was alcoholic for dont know how many uncountable years. Labs done, Patient diagnosed.. Liver abscess.. All right, C.M.O. did the mistake of not taking H/o properly...
... Now what this medicine unit 3 must do? Transfer to Surgical unit? Well Naahhhh, they dont think it that way.. What they did instead was they discharged the patient - Hmmm Good idea to get rid of patients from never seeing again, huh.. And even worse, they advised follow up in Surgical OPD, wooh thats all right u think, Aint it? Well but they advised them to a different surgical unit, Surgical unit 2 to be precise.. Advantage - they wont be seeing that patient ever again, Medicine unit 2 will have to do all the honors.. Clever people, aren't they?

..... A patient gets admitted in our unit, Medical unit 3..
... Don't worry this story wont end up with fault of this unit, haha..
... Patient had his PS for MP done the very morning of discharge, Result - Negative, I was the one who filled up the discharge of the patient that day.. Patient discharged at around 12 noon..
... Patient comes back at around 4 pm, again fever with chills and rigors, Blood taken, CBC done, Wellllllllllllll, Patient dint have time to wait for any damn reports done.. Dead pale.. Thats how patient was soon after.. Results of that report came after patient was no more, PS for MP - P. Falci detected.. I wonder if 3 hours are good enuf for P. falci to get into blood and show their thumping presence..

..... Thats not the end of an amazing lab work thats goin on at shardaben.. Two Residents on the same day give blood for Hb of the same patient, unknowing that other one just gave it few minutes ago.. Reports come by, and one report says Hb is 9.2 and Other says its 11.9 something.. Are 5 minutes enuf to change the Hb of the person by this much? I mean Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....

..... This is not the end of it all though, A patient of diabetic foot is admitted to medicine ward and referred to surgery, when it should have been other way round.. This may just be the tip of iceberg, which lays exposed only to those who want to see it.. There may be many burried inside the water, even invisible to me.. Forget bout patients, i mean seriously, they dont even know whats goin on with them..

..... A question arises, who should change? Professors, Residents or Interns like me, who lie helpless at these naked shamelessness..!!!!!!!