from duty

from duty ako kanina sa San Lazaro, me and my partner Donna was assigned in the ER as per request of the Senior House Officer (Doc Lao) that OM (ospital ng maynila) kids handle the ER. super flattered kmeng dalawa ng ksama ko kse we were introduced by the nurses with all praises. Sbi nya na magaling daw mga tga PLM, kse ang training samin e parang nang training ng mga residente sa SLH. shuck! Doc nama! hehe. super bait pa nya and he even entrust to us his trodat para sa mga reseta and all.

grabe pala ang ER ng SLH. Maliit lang sya unlike sa ER namin sa OM, ang triage e hospital aids ang gumagawa which sa OM e interns and clerks. sa buong duty ko dun, i met 174 patients, 73 of them consulted due to animal bites (mostly dog bites), 35 admissions (mostly dengue and 1 controversial referral from some ospital that happens to be a meninggo suspect-->ready face mask), and 63 consultations ranging from URTI to idiopathic thrompbocytopenic purpura.

Around 2am, may isang dumating dala anak nya. cyanotic, violet ung lips nya and ung mga fingers. i read thier referral coming from the Philippine Heart Center, and they referred the patient due to possible DHF and that they cannot admit the patient due to no rooms available. WHAT THE FUCK! excuse me? did i read it correctly. no rooms availble? masama pa nun, the reason why the patient is cyanotic is because meron syang PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) and CAD (coronary artery disease). we had to refer the patient to another hospital coz SLH is for infectious diseases, the fact that the patient has a congenital heart disease her percentage of acquiring an infection is greater and the probability that her condition is aggravated is tremendous. first time ko nakakita ng ganong kaso... right in my very own eyes... a PDA patient. nakakaawa pala ung mga ganong bata. and nakakaawa ung parents nya. kse sobrang wala na daw sila matakbuhan. i told them to go to PGH where they cud be treated fast kse mas malapit un sa SLH. sana gumaling sya.

shifting the topic, may patient ako surname nya PANTI... as in! pinigil ko talaga tawa ko nun tinawag ko sya sa labas. then nun nakita ko sya, i reconfirmed if i was pronouncing his surname correctly. sbi nya "oo tama yan Panti" i just laughed from the insides. hehehe.