MCM on strike

while i was at the OR assisting on a TAHBSO (transabdominal hysterectomy with bilaterl salphingooophorectomy), all residents, interns and clerks were paged at the auditorium. I found out after my OR that the meeting is about the contingency plan of the hospital for tom's nurses strike. the hospital needed all the manpower they could get. In effect, interns and clerks were deployed to different posts. I, being a lover of vaginas, was assigned at the DR, to be the intern/nurse, while my clerks will be under me. some of my friends, like frank, being a med tech grad was assigned at the laboratory. one of the good things that they have come up was the shifting type of schedule. Like the nurses, we are given a shift, either an AM shift or a PM shift. so that would be 12 hours of duty everyday, while our residents will be on perpetual duty. im expecting it will be hell tom. like everyone will be going bizerks over stuffs we dont actually do. well, as for us interns coming from OM, more or less we know wat to do. coz way back in OM, we were the nurses/clerks. it would be a piece of cake for us na lang. hehe. so before the strike begins here are more pics from our interns party....

one final meeting before the party

(Left-right): jester (clerkie ring bearer)hehe, louie our "escort" and behind him was glenda "muse". of course our real line-up: madam (treasurere), me (vp-internal affairs), oca (secretary), robert (president), paulo (vp-external affairs)

uwian na! after the party! mga lasing na doctor!

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one of the characteristics that make up a five star doctor is being a manager. but being a manager, a doctor is different. because unlike any other managers, doctors handle, people, business and health or life all at the same time. many doctors may not be able to wholly manage these 3 aspects in their career, yet... the idea of a doctor being a manager is uncomparable. its the "worth" of being a manager that sets a doctor above all managers. MCM nurses may go on strike because of a lousy administrative policy, but its the business aspect of the managerial duties of a doctor which has never been taught in med school. Doctors need a lot more thing to learn from this aspect. yet again, its not an individual in medicine has one primary goal and that is to heal, give cure, alleviate pain. all sums up to the preservation of life.

law can make white into black and medicine can turn black into white. the problem here is when medicine tries to make law work for its purpose.