Internship
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 138
Recently a colleague in Surgery was doing his night shift, patient brought in my caretakers, he had had a terrible traumatic amputation. One of his lower limbs had fallen off. His caretakers carried it in the bag. This was the opening statement. Doctor, we have the leg in the bag. Can you fix it back? […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 136
Yesterday was my birthday 😊. I turned 24. Most importantly, I didn’t know how to celebrate because I had been on night duty the night before. So I went through my whole day sleepy and waking up to blushing about all the good messages these good people sent me. Some made me cry, and blush […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 130
Internship is such a rollercoaster. Its highs and lows are of two extremes wide apart. I’ll tell you about some Haha moments everyday as I remember them. My first day of internship, 1st October, I did night call with a very supportive medical officer. Of the many blunders I might have done that night,😂😂, I […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 129
My legs can’t carry me anymore. I sleep in pain, walk in pain. #Occupational hazards from standing and walking too long. I saw a physiotherapist today . he gave me 3 things. 1. A good foot massage I almost dosed off, 2. A diagnosis. He says I have Plantar Fascitis , 3. A list of […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 116
Day 4 of my leave . The excitement is reducing a bit, because the days are numbered. Just 2 days before I take a bus back to Gulu. Today, I did almost nothing useful with myself. I slept and ate and slept and ate and slept and ate. Just a little bit if TV, then […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 115
Day 3 of my leave. Had a beautiful day today. My dad took me around some beautiful places in the outskirts of town beautiful beautiful views. Also, I paid an opthalmologist a visit today. It’s sad but my vision is worsening by the clock. I used to wear spects 5 years ago, but stopped because […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 114
Day 2 of my Annual leave . today I went to town, met with a few friends, said hello to the elders. My bosses must know that I need at least 5 more days added to this leave. Last night I dreamt about a patient who presented in labour 3 months after she had delivered […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 113
Part of my big family💝💝💝💝💝💝 Day 1 of my leave. Life feels different waking up at 9am with no worries. No night call report to give, no particular patient on my mind, except one who I have made about 4 phone calls to my colleagues to find out how she is, but well, leave tastes […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 112
My leave started today. Supposed to be seven days, I got 8. My colleagues granted me this day. How nice! First of all, I’m already glowing from the imagination of leave😍 Had a free ride to kampala, then i took a bus to Mbarara. Was a beautiful welcome home with hugs and screams. I have […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…. Day 111
1 day to my leave. The Obs/gun department didn’t end the year I.e we didn’t have an end of year party (read parte) we decided to have a night out I turned up like this. Was a lit night.