casualty posting was by far my best posting. itruly enjoyed it. i had heard a lot about it before i started....that how the shifts were hectic and the enormous workload which seemed overburdening.........
the day we were supposed to report we reached at around 8:30 am thinking that the shift changes at 9 am. all of us were huddled outside the CMO's office(cheif/casualty medical officer)
we waited (as if waiting was also part of our training schedule!!)their were students from the attached college also.needless to say we were far apart.i even overheard tehm enquiring about us.....who we were?where we came from....as we had breached there territory.........(i am sure we certainly didnt llok like aliens......!!)
when the CMO came we didnt realise.......we were soon called inside and asked to submit our rosters n then asked to go outside n wait.......after 10minutes or so the peon came out n handed us a pieceof paper.on it was our schedule.around 14-15 of us were divided into 3-4 batches....some got morning, some evening and some night.....and a lucky few got the day off too....those in the evening and night shifts grumbled as they left to return again......i was happy i got the morning shift and it was already 11am or so & the shift changed at 2....
anyhow i was grouped with one of my college mates- yani* & one from the college attached to the hospital - pav*.the fourth one we couldnt spot (dev*)
when all had settled down......we also got down to our business.......but what was our business?now keeping in mind that we were one posting old.......(dermat)-where only our seniors worked & we just observed or waited or did miniscule jobs like giving injections or takin biopsies.......but here we waited for some instructions or things of that sort.....but nothing like that happened..........this went on for about 5minutes till the Medical officer in charge(M.O.) told us that we were "no longer interns but that we were doctors........& that we were to treat patients...on our own!!
with puzzled looks on our faces we turned towards the centre of the room where 2-3 tables were joined together and "doctors" were seated. we looked at Pav.......he was already seeing some patients........so me n devi also sat down n began our task...........
(.....to be continued......)
*names have been changed
2 comments:
hhhhiiiiiiiiii,seems to konw tht u r njoyin ur casualty post,its quite fun,its d only place u know ,wr u guys ll be reocon as docssssssss,so keep up d good work
Ah! It sounds so excitin.
Reminds me of the 1st episode of Grey's Anatomy. And, but of course, you are my Meredith Grey (baring some traits!!)
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