supamun's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- last day at ttsh Woot. todae is the last time i work at tan tock seng. is damn fun but scary sometimes. I have been extra careful when handling patients these few daes coz last week i caught an extremely strong and potent influenza virus probably from a hapless, drooling pallored old lady, half paralysed and fated to sit in her wheelchair till she conks off. OK i know that sounds mean but i carn think of a better way to put it. Notice i used the word fated, when condemned would sound more natural but demeaning. Anw todae i followed the physiotherapist li hwan around. she's so loving and caring compared to the outpatient therapists la, that I actually have respect for her. She deals with neuro patients, people with brain clots, degenerative diseases etc, causing them to lose their normal body functions. There was this guy who was half deaf and very bitter about life. Everytime Li Hwan asked him to stand up and exercise he refused and started saying in hokkien (bui kia kio wa kia). Cannot walk ask me to walk. If is me working on such patients i confirm lose hope. Summore sum of them smelt bad, of excrement, both solid and liquid form i can imagine. And the healthcare workers hafto work in this environments day in day out until it becomes part and parcel. Anw li hwan was so patient la. i cannot imagine. Is like sometimes people know they should not get angry and yet they get angry. but she seemed to have a bottomless well of patience for this patient la. She used soothing words and stuff and she never seemed exasperated. Other patients were easier to deal with but i can imagine la, if you don't have the heart for people u're going to die in this job after a few days. Anw i oso saw how phlegm suction was done and i helped an old man with neck stitches regain his walking ability. I was too afraid to help the "bui kia kio wa kia" man because he looked at me with the kind of fearsome expression which seemed to shout out that he was now experiencing extreme pain and sorrow and it was something i could not imagine experiencing. Indeed my spasms caused by the terrible bout of cough are nothing compared to these people la. There was one guy on another bed determinedly forcing himself to sleep with a frown etched on his eyebrows, in order to block out the pain and pass the lonesome hours. It's damn sad. It makes me want to pray to god that when my time comes please deliver me a quick and painless death. 7:05 p.m. - 2006-04-04 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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