VIOLAH NAHURIRA
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 […]
Dr.Nahurira Violah. A journey of very many years…. GRADUATION😋💖
26th October 2019 . I could never be happier and more thankful to God. When I prepared for my graduation, it was more about what will I wear. The dress, the shoes , the hair, the cake, the food. I kind of forgot to prepare myself emotionally. Didn’t think I’d cry so much while giving […]
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 21
Been on call yesterday , and because it was Sunday, my day started as early as 8:00 am attending to emergencies till Monday morning today . this time I didn’t get to shower before the morning meeting. I crossed over to the next duty because I had to give a night report at 8:30am. Meeting […]
Memoir of a medical intern…… Day 19
Been in Gulu for 3 weekends now, and this is the first time we decided to go out. First of all, there’s a swimming pool around the hospital premises. Its free for staff. My evening kinda started there. I didn’t swim though. Just watched my crazy friends show each other into the water. I survived […]
Memoir of a medical intern…Day 20
Internship has taught me lots of things sofar. Resilience, patience but most importantly, decision making . Growing up, I have made very few major life decisions on my own. My parents have done most of it for me. What course to study, how to study, how to read, what to wear, what is important, what […]
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, […]