Went to work at 8 AM instead of 9 AM expecting a heavier load on Monday as usual. Completed ward round of 15 inpatients, made the discharges and updated the patient files. Did a lumbar puncture and a bone marrow. Went to Echo Lab and did 7 Echo-cardiograms in half an our(patients with prior appointments) and then reached the OPD to see a huge heap of prescriptions....it was 11:20 then....and in the next few hours( had no time to peep into my watch afterwards), managed to score a CENTURY! Meaning that I had to see exactly 100 patients( don't ask me how much time I gave to each patient). It was 2:30 PM then!( Thanks to my loving wife, she managed to send me a cup of tea in between).Obliged to a Echo request from the medical ward during which another echo request came all the way from Trashigang Hospital. Did that also...Then some one reminded me of another Echo waiting in Maty ward. Did that also. It was 3:30 PM and I called it a day!
Summary: one and half hours extra! Rounds, OPDs, Clerking, Discharges, Procedures , all by one man.
Hundred OPD patients ( with several phone interruptions in between !) Ten Echos in between!
And oh , forgot to mention: At least 4 telephone calls last night that robbed my sleep off!
Must think again before we talk about quality of services we can provide!
Must think again before we talk about quality of services we can provide!
Quality service???....its called "QUANTITY SERVICE"....anyways....keep up the selfless work and the love for the babies... that's what matters at the end,I guess, well...
ReplyDeletethanks, life has been too busy of late!
ReplyDeletemine too....its getting busy.... haven't slept for nights....I hate my phone sometimes.
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