MEMOIR OF A MEDICAL INTERN
Memoir of an intern Doctor…. Day 259….Quarantine day 3
Quarantine has no schedule really. Many things are abrupt and that’s exactly what happened today. Like a natural alarm clock. I opened my eyes at 7am. I had a morning workout today. After a very long time. Then had breakfast, typed something on my laptop for about 3 hours, and then I got bored. Ideas […]
Memoir of an intern Doctor….day 258…..Quarantine day 2
Following my contact with the covid case, the hospital administration decided to quarantine me and other 5 nurses who got into contact with this patient at the hospital institutional quarantine. There was a pre-quarantine session with the hospital administration, and members from WHO who talked us through this, counselled us, gave us tips about handling […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…day 257. COVID close contact….Quarantine day 1
Yesterday something very unfortunate happened to me. I’ll tell you about it. Flash back to 23rd March during the early COVID 19 days in Uganda, I was asked to remain in my room ( self quarantine) because I woke up with flu like symptoms, however without a fever. The quarantine was to go on for […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 253
Have you done a long ward round with a serious running nose before? Forget Usain Bolt’s Kinda speed….I mean this nose teased me today. I went through this today. The meds didn’t help. I excused myself about 4 times on each patient and in between writing my patient’s notes on the their chat. I have […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 251
What’s up guys….. Bloggers and loyal followers. My consistency is lacking….I know! I’m undergoing a certain kind if mental fatigue. But I’m well and kicking. Big news, I took a COVID test sometime back last month. Got results 19 days later😂😂😂. 19 days!!!! Mujooga!!!!! Good news is, it was negative test, Although I have a […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 245
Today, my colleague told me I could become an absent wife and absent mother to my future family if I kept up with my workaholic nature. I ouched and Ooouched but guess what, he was right😫😫😫. And I’m very scared at the rate at which it’s moving…..way too fast. My life is around patients and […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 231
I’m tired of this routine. Its boring. Work, my room, work, my room. While at work..patients, patients, patients. While in my room, sleep, think, sleep, eat, sleep. Iam tayad!!!!
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 221. Acholi language not Acholi yet
My Acholi language is not close to even 15%, but I’ve tried to learn some “Medical Acholi” for my clerkships. But, I sometimes ask closed ended questions when I have no immediate interpreter but it still doesn’t seem to help😖. Here is how it goes. Me; Ngok tye? ( are you still vomiting?) Patient; hdndvsusj […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 201
Its 23 days in my internal medicine rotation. Confession loading………,……………… I kinda miss the drill in the surgicals. It was busy, hectic and all, but I miss being tired after a good day of learning and saving lives. These past 23 days, I’ve worked..yes, but it feels like the longest weekend of my life😂. When […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…Day 200. My HIV test fever!
Image showing a positive and negative test. (Image got from the internet) Its one thing asking your patients about their HIV status and declaring them serostatus unknown because their last test was over 3 months ago, and its another having to throw the same question to yourself as a health worker. I can confidently declare […]