LIFE OF A MEDICAL INTERN
Memoir of an intern doctor …day 33
Weeekends. What are weekends? Is it a person? Is it food? Is it the president of Uganda? Is they we? Are we they? We don’t know such things as weekends here in internship. Its 6pm, I’m not even on night duty, and I’m still on ward working my ass off as I should be doing. […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 32
While on night shift, i rushed through the theatre changing room to get this patient on table as soon as possible because her unborn baby was already compromised despite resuscitation. Guys, in the whole struggle and rush , i forgot to tie the strings of my theatre pants. And you can guess what happened. They […]
Memoir of an intern doctor……..day 23
Wednesday has always been my happy day of the week. And today it came with great blessings. I’m taking off my first leave as an intern. Call it Compassionate leave. You must be wondering….but how? Its just 23 days. Well guys, my graduation is in 3 days. Saturday 26th October, its going down in mbarara, […]
Memoir of a medical intern…day 22
Today I met a colleague returning to his room to rest. He stopped me and he had one sincere and polite request….. He wanted a therapeutic hug. Last week , I was called to ICU to confirm death. Monitor read that the patient had died about 20 minutes ago. There was no need for me […]
Memoir of a medical intern….. Day 18
Today I joined a fitness class after work. Went alone, Met new people and I absolutely loved every bit of it. I guess this is how we say #HelloInternship. Let’s live . classes are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6-7:30pm. My schedule should just open this door for those evening
Memoir of a medical intern….day 17
Handling medical knowledge conflicts the polite way can be challenging sometimes. Especially in times when an immediate life saving decision has to be made There is always that midwife who has practiced for the past 15 years, a nurse who has practised for 7 years, a medical officer who has practised for maybe 6 years, […]
Memoir of a medical intern…..Day 14
I performed my first cesarean section today…..let me rewind abit As a student, the only time we got a chance to scrub in for an operation in theatre, we always had to be on the other end of the operating table. The Assistant’s end…….Always! . I have lost count of the number of times I […]
Memoir of a medical intern ….day 12
I got percussed by a senior today. Was about something I once shone on as a student. I couldn’t replicate it today. Guess its a wakeup call… I’m rusting. Hehe.
Memoir of a medical intern….Day 11
After my 36 hours duty of just 1 hour’s sleep and just breakfast , I blacked out. I forgot I had to update you guys on the blog. Over the past 40 hours, I admit I have contemplated the worthiness of this course. And thought about doing other things. But what other things are there […]