oh, did i told u all tat chun hieng is getting married on 15/11/04.to congratulate him-0128843917

The real carren: please inform me if they are starting a ent dept.

Also, my friend recently went to jab hasil in seremban, and after much tapping of the calculator, it seems based on our EC form (which we must bring there before we buka file) we don qualify to pay taxes yet. we have to wait for the next EC form which comes in Jan 2005. Thus, more money for us this year!!! I think....

Also, does anyone know about the APC? I called KL to find out more but it seems that our TPC is still valid and we have to be confirmed first. Can anyone validate my info?

wonder if they psy unit there?

hi there, adeline here, not carren (ya, she forced me to admit this if i used her password ;P)

i'm now in manjung (hosp seri manjung). it's kinda near lumut and sitiawan. nearer ipoh than teluk intan was, so that's one plus point. apparently less patients but also disproportionately less doctors, sigh.....

i'm currently MO plus HO cos the whole hosp only got 2 HO. yup that's right n apparently ipoh has 20 HO in paeds alone (one to set line, one to hold the pt, one to fill the forms --- n doing 4 calls per month ---- this told by my specialist). on leave now, managed to trick my boss. dunno what to say regarding dr situation here. we look like we got 4 mo in paeds but one is extremely pregnant n not doing calls n will soon go for maternity n breast feeding and what have u leaves. one thing bout district hosp is that u end up doing hell lot of calls (weekends included) n u do it all alone---- yucks.

ok good things bout manjung. nurses help us a lot. i think we cant do solo call without them. all the blood taking n line setting they try to do for u, i mean for the kids. but babies u gotta do urself most of the time. paeds ward nurses here are nice. i like them. bosses n senior mo's also nice. n i start work at 8am. (yay! no more waking up at 6am to go to work!)

i'll be going to ortho next month. somehow, hospitals other than ipoh hosp in perak are all in confusion. we dunno how long is each rotation for each posting for us, n neither do our boss n pengarah know anything.

everyone surely thinks that one of the advantages of being in district are that the patients are less fussy n nicer right? ----Wrong! Manjung fellas are real smart a** n they love the IV drip. trust me, even the granma would demand IV drip for AGE patient taking orally well n not dehydrated. i think the people here are propagating some gossip regarding the healing powers of our lovely NS. sometimes we just start a slow iv to shut them up as we are too busy to argue. this results in a ward full of IVD kids who are well enuff to walk around cheerily pushing the drip stands along. luckily my boss more than knows this certain peculiarity among the people in this region n never questions the un needed IVD.

apparently chun wearn is coming to manjung too. khairul is already in ortho here. anyone else keen? it's a specialist hospital n we're short. welcome all he he he (evil laughter). till next faraway time. bye n take care guys.

Will become permanent M.O. in anesth.

Hi,

Being casualty MO is kind of fun. You just work the shifts, you see fresh presentations (which is good for sharpening diagnostic skills), and there is no chronic stuff to follow up. The boring things are URTIs at 2am, somatization disorder patients; and really tenat old people that you dont know what is wrong with and dont know which dept to refer to.

I have requested to be permanent in Anest and it is approved. I will go back to air-cond rooms on October 1st. The anesth dept here really takes care of it's MOs. There are only 4-5 calls a month, we get postcall day off, and Day 2 postcall pm shift. Nope, I dont plan to be an anesthetist, just want the extra time to study. Plus being a permanent MO in any dept will also mean that Seow Voon and I will not be transferred to the peripheries.

By the way, Mong Tieng will be transferred to Alor Setar in October to do Peds.

hey man, what about me being a MO morning and HO in the night. have to cover the whole cardiac ward and CCU all alone. there were a HO and MO last time but but now i have to do both the donkey jobs with my cardiologist wagging their tail at the clinic and rest room. still have to do HO's call like other HOs.
i enjoy working in CCU with the air-con and better nurse/patient ratio and good opportunity to keep staying in cardiology line, but like most of us still uncertain about our real liking. been thinking to join anaesthesiology... we are living in this place with little control of my future? so far to go and yet so little sured path to take. is this what we want when we applied for our medical school 6 yrs ago?

dun worry, totally understand the re-transition to HO. this had been the sweetest 4months, had my own room, own desk, own nurse, n even with air con.....drug reps treat u like king, patients tot look at u with awe, n for once, felt like a doctor...but all these gonna end soon.. wil b goin to medical too........
hell.

A soul of water,
A soul of stone.
A soul by name,
A soul unknown.

The hours unmake
Our flesh, our bone.
The soul is all;
And all alone.

Clive Barker, Abarat

See the truth all around;
Our faith can be broken
And our hands can be bound;
But open our hearts and fill up the emptiness
With nothing to stop us
Is it not worth the risk?

happy national day everybody!
going back home mid-september!
yippee-cant wait...away from work, frustations of explaining to patients over and over again y they need urgent OGDS while they stubbornly want to berubat kampung and fresh-melena-ing away...sigh...de practice of medicine is so frustating....forget about communication skills...

Am rotating to casualty.

Hi guys again,

Am finishing my paradise posting in Anesth and will go to Casualty next month. Being an MO is so much different from a HO. I seriously believe that HOs does 70% of all clinical work in the hospital.

I have been buying some books on-line, and it is a good alternative compared to going all the way to Kamal bookstore and having to bear with their 'arrogance'. (Don't you think that they can be quite 'action' sometimes, thinking that they have the largest selection of medical books in Malaysia). I suggest that you check out e-bay for medical books before buying from established sites like amazon.com. A lot of people worldwide who have passed their MRCP etc sell their books on-line, and may throw in some of their own past year questions/notes/shortcase vcd etc into the deal.

Anybody want to share PDA medical programs? I got Harrison, Nelson, Current Medical and Washington manual and BNF.

Hullo, everybody.

Ju Ann: Happy belated birthday to Ju Ann! Alan had rather we gotten you the "Honk if you are Horny" bear. I thought you would rather have a peaceful drive back home.

Wen Jih: You are not the only financially deprived MO. Cheer up, maybe someday we'll meet up for cheap chinese tea!

Others: Keep up the good work. To those who hate their posting - only 1 1/2 months left. To those who love their posting - Damn it. but there are ways to get extended. Be creative!

Ciao!

look at d bright side. all of us is earnin mo call claim. so not so bad....poor me is still claimin passive call, ,whichis poorer than ho calls...

wah, such a long time. how is everybody everywhere?
damn busy caught up myself as a daytime MO but doing HO's call in medical posting. great responbility but get to bury the new houseman. ha ha.
oh, Azam has joined us in JB. feel happy for Hani. life is still almost the same, thinking to join anaest soon but still need to complete 5 posting. yeeling is fine as well, thinking to take up O+G! great challange.
take care everybody. enjoy what ever you are doing.
tony: don't worry many still doing HO job lah
wen jie: show us your hairy beard! how is your saudi trip

any news from roddy!

pt has depression, or at least tat is wat we think. dun actually know wat is he tryon to say. speak arab most of d time.

Am sitting in air-conditioned rooms, listening sleepily to beeps and soft Mix.fm.

Hi guys,

Am in Anesth, and not having to do calls for the entire month. Tagging up to 11pm every two days. Glad that I am in the league of 'ppl in lepak postings'. Wonder who will become M.O. rehab Medicine.

We changed our hp numbers. Registered line is way too expensive, back to prepaid now. Yong: 0122525786, Seow Voon: 0124005799.

WenJih: That WAS the ultimate 'accompany patient' trip. Why did the patient need to go to Saudi so urgently? Any terrorist encounter?



Yong

i did kept a beard, n i dun look nice in tat. n i'm just thankful tat i come back in one piece. with my head intact. funny thing they r dunno malaysia got chinese. the immigration officer keep lookin at my passprt after reading my name. in disbelief.

Hello... Damn mycroft get to travel all the way to Saudi... should have taken longer leave la my friend, visit the middle eastern countries, learn the culture, savour the moment, grow a beard and join the al-Qaeda movement.

Anyway, we are now in Keningau Hospital, settling in quite nicely, lepak life. Tony still in KK coz he has to complete all 5 postings before going off to Kuala Penyu, where he will spend his by then idle days watching fish and eating prawns. Chee Chan going to the tip of Borneo, heard its a beautiful place but haven't been there myself. waiting for him to settle in before visiting.

Seok Hong, the next MRCPCH Part I is in January next year, should have one in Malaysia unless they cancel it again like last year due to the CNY holidays. No problems getting Internet connection here... actually got Streamyx la

......so, how am i enjoying psychiatry? jsut a word. enjoy. but not to stay on yet. really wan to complete everything before deciding.. well, tis is lifetime, for crying out loud...
anyway. i just came back from the ulitmate patient escort service...just came back from escorting a depressive pt to saudi arabia.. on a paid 3 days trip.....dun envy....

Sob! Sob! Ive said goodbye to my idle days in casualty. It's back to clerking cases, taking blood, setting lines, on calls with minimal sleep.
Is it possible that those who are now in district have difficulty with internet access and so that is why we haven't heard from them since they went?
Mycroft: How's psychiatry? Are you considering staying on?
Tony: How come you haven't left yet? And what has happened to our friend Chee Chan?
Penang people (I mean, those working in Penang GH): What's the latest news about you all? Do you all get to stay for 5 major postings or is anyone being sent out?