Thursday, January 9

medicine: wk1, day 4

another early morning, late night again. enough of the whining. no more whining from me.

i picked up another patient today: coronary artery disease, triple vessel disease, in for catheterization.

let me give a word advice for ppl going to the hospital: take your toothbrush and toothpaste with you (do they provide this in hospitals? i don't know). cause, some patients have kicking breath. kickin' like knock-you-on-your-butt-and-bust-some-teeth kickin'.

i try my hardest to treat all my patients the same. i think i do a fairly good job. be they rich or poor, they get the same smile and handshake from me. but if they have halitosis that packs a punch... i give the same care, but i bet my avg bedside time is much decreased for such patients.

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quote of the day (rated R): "you know what the difference is between medicine and surgery? in medicine, we like to mentally masturbate and pretend we are sleuths."

-medical resident

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today's story:

today, my resident told me to take a patient down several floors down to a different ward, to Dr. Lovestick.

me: ?! "wha...? lovestick?" (laughing, because i thought he was joking)
resident: "yes." (not even cracking a smile)
me: "o...k...."

i took the patient down to the different ward. i asked the nurse for dr. lovestick. she gave me a funny look, but guided me to a room.

there was dr. lovestick. as i lead my patient to him, i glance at his id card.

DR. LUVSTIG.

i couldn't help it, and started laughing. he asked me what was wrong, but how could i tell him? i just shook my head and ran away.

this real life episode reminded me of how bart would call the bar in the simpsons with weird names to embarass the bartender.


yakob at 9:57 PM

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