VIOLAH NAHURIRA
Memoir of a doctor intern…day 67
This is the third night I’m going to bed after 1am in a row. My body aches from all corners, my soul is tired and I’m craving fries
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 64
Day 2 in surgery. I was in surgical outpatient for the greatest part of the day. One patient who had been done a prostate biopsy about 2 weeks ago picked his histology results and brought them to my colleague for interpretation. The results were negative for malignancy. We expected this to be very good news […]
Memoir of a medical intern…..day 63
From shooting prostate biopsies, to seeing a patient walking into casualty with a knife stab in his chest, and being late on day one . in my defense, I didn’t know these guys hold theatre morning meetings. I guess I’m forgiven but Damn! I like it already. Not that I like it because this young […]
Memoir of a medical intern….day 62
Its 1st December. Happy new month by the way. Today is the day I should cross over for my one month surgery rotation. But let’s just say I didn’t feel ready today I.e we work everyday , and I decided to start tomorrow. I’ll get some good sleep tonight and I’ll be back here tomorrow […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 61
Yesterday we had our best fun day yet in Gulu. Club domes happen countrywide, and this time it came to Gulu. We got last minute tickets, which were by the way meant to be free, but we got charged. Well, it was a beautiful night. While there, I met a young lady I had treated […]
Memoir of an intern Doctor… Day 59
I had a hard laugh with a patient today. I have never laughed at a reason for why someone decided to seek health care, but this one killed me. Mother , 6 days in puerperium following cesarean section traveled 3 districts to reach here. Her concern was that her pain that disappeared completely and suddenly […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 58
Medical legal issues are becoming a thing in this country. I don’t know whether to attribute it to patients getting to know their rights or to the increasing rates of unemployment among lawyers….no offense lawyers, Doctors are unemployed too. So today, I witnessed an interesting senario. Lawyer X heard of a story about a certain […]
Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 57
The work- life balance is quite challenging. Somehow I’m tryna keep it together with the fact that I’m an intern. But My social life has just gone from 50% to 10% . I think life should be more than just eat, work, sleep and text. My man is very many districts away, And my chess […]
Memoir of an intern doctor….day 56
Maternal deaths scream louder than any other kind of deaths in Medicine, Very loud. And you never want this death to happen at your watch. Because even when you do everything to save this mother, somehow every finger always points back at you. I survived one yesterday. I was by the side of this patient […]