Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Law and Order : House MD edition

For these two weeks ( starting last saturday) we are having a series of crash-course lectures on forensic, legal medicine and ethics given by Prof Dennis Cussack y best. his presence made me miss Earlsfort Terrace a little . this legal forensic part of medicine is pretty interesting actually. i am basically a temporary law student for a fortnight hehe.

as for multidisciplinary rotations, i am currently assigned to ENT ward (ear nose and throat) which is also the last rotation before starting the POPGP rotations (Psychiatric,Obstetric n Gynaecology, Paediatric, General Practice) that is due to begin after THE EXAMS. one paper down, bunches more to go. aduii:(
and this morning, a terminal larynx cancer patient passed away due to carotid blow-up. the carotid artery literally blows up (put 2 or 3 fingers on either side of the neck, feel a pulse? that's ur carotid artery. NB do not occlude both sides simultaneously! kang korg pengsan x pasal2 i kene masuk court :p:p)
can see blood splattered on the bed and the floor. the thing is, the outcome could have been totally the opposite for him, had he not refused surgery when it was still early. if anyone has no choice but to pick up a cancer in his life time (God forbid), Larynx ca should be on the top of his list . Because this cancer is among those with the best prognosis.i.e, survival rate is relatively very long.

i guess you can't just simply say "tawakkal to alallah".Tawakkal comes after your effort remember..

seeing all these cancer patients (nasopahryngeal ca mostly) in the wards reminds me how short life can be, how sudden God can take back lives that He lends us. God's Mercy is the only thing that shelters us from all the tragical things that happen... Illness is one of them.

Jhaz nanti la ye mnde tag tu. heheh

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