Random...

Saw a child desaturated in front of my eyes and with all the doctors rushing to resuscitate her. I stood there praying for the little girl and I knew immediately that I'm still incapable of helping her. I need to be competent. God has given me a chance to be here and it's my responsibility to acquire the skills that I need in the future. I really have to push myself even harder than ever especially when it comes to these innocent children. 

At the same time, I witnessed another shouting episodes in the ward. The grandmother was determined to let her premature and low-birth-weight grandson discharged from the hospital. The paediatricians refused to do so as the child's birth weight had not achieved satisfactory level. And then there was the issue of the mother being so young (my age) and not married and had not even showed up to take care of the child. The grandmother was shouting throughout and after the social worker explained everything, she stormed out of the room and said at her daughter: "You breastfeed dia sampai dia pengsan lah." My heart almost shattered right there. The baby is out of the hospital and I can't bear to think of his fate. Sigh...

PS: A specialist son's was warded and was receiving blood transfusion and he complained of rashes and itchiness. At the same time, Dr S was in the ward for our teaching. The specialist asked for his help and Dr S went. The specialist told the son:" Son, don't be rude, remember this dr. He is a GREAT doctor." Immediately Dr S Said: "No no, I'm just a small doctor trying to help. That's all." It's truly inspiring to have such a brilliant doctor who stresses on humility to be my mentor :)

PS: I was rather upset yesterday as I accidentally did something terrible. Just when I was deep in regret, a friend saw me and offered me a chocolate randomly. It may just be a random act of yours but it means so much. Thanks a lot :)