Saturday, May 28, 2011

Interesting yet controversial

Here are a few interesting statements that I came across this week in the the hospital. Some of them were overheard, some of them were directed right at me.

In order to maintain confidentiality, I will not mention who said it, but will just label them as Staff A, B, C etc... (my thoughts on the statement will be written in Italics)


"Oh, I hope he hasn't gone away to google the solution to the problem here!" said staff A, on a cardiologist registrar. (how rude and unprofessional, and its not like staff A knows much about cardiology anyway)


"That surgeon has no idea....she is so stupid!" said staff B. (other specialty commenting on other specialities is a very common thing in the hospital)


"Out of these few names, who will you choose to put the CPAP hood on? Chantelle, Fred, Tiffany, Kieran?" asked staff C to the team members. "Of course you will choose Fred, coz he sounds more like someone who will cooperate....Chantelle/Tiffany will be too worried over their looks." (judging people even before meeting that person)


"Most haematologists think that all their patients have an excellent prognosis." (hmm..i dunno, I am no haematologist. if the specialists think so, i would believe them)


"Are the registrar here?" asked staff D to me, after reviewing his patient. "No, I am the SHO here," I replied. (Staff D looked at me up and down, and turned away. He did not want to tell me his plan for the patient...prob coz I am the SHO)


"I don't expect you to know anything." said a fellow registrar to me. (hmm....i might not know alot about advanced ITU things, but I do have medical knowlegde, you know?)


Any thoughts about these statements?

1 comment:

aiaiyaya said...

you work with very funny people... anyways, stay strong! :)