stupid doctors

the reason why this blog was started in the first place... a place for me to vent my anger on the stupid doctors that work in the hospital i'm currently in... not that this will only be about them, now THAT will be sad...

ok, before i even start anything... i juz want to say that generally, not all doctors are stupid... i mean, i have friends that are doctors, alot of them actually, but it's just that the ones that i often get in contact with just comes up with the dumbest questions to answers that you'll expect them to already know... so you can't really blame me for thinking this way...

anyway, back to the main topic...

last sunday night i was on night shift (sunday 8pm - monday 8am), and we were so busy trying to process our specimens... can u imagine, 30++ screaming kids in the A&E, which means more than 30 specimens coming continuously to the lab, not to mention the inpatient specimens... and we only have 1 person manning each section (haematology, biochemistry, bloodbank) at night... by the time we eventually had time for a break, it was already 1.30-2am...
like most times, we all went for our break together... i think we hadn't sat down in the pantry for more than 5min before the phone started ringing... AGAIN!! aarrhhh!!! the frustration...
(it's bad enough we had to walk from place to place registering specimens, processing specimens, verifying the results, we still had to answer phone calls from the wards.)
so anyway, we just let the phone ring (big mistake!), expecting whoever was on the other line to call back later... but the phone just kept ringing and ringing, nonstop...

eventually, i was the one who went to answer the phone call and what did i get? a crappy doctor who very angrily said that he had been calling for the past 10min and demanded why nobody was picking up his call... i apologized and said (very honestly) that i was having my break... he, not very nicely, asked me for this patient's results, which after i checked on the computer, has already been verified some 10-15min earlier, but he kept insisting that it wasn't in the system... then he asked for my name and hung up on me... HUNG UP ON ME!!!!

i was really pissed off after that phone call with him... first off... ok, it was partially our fault for not picking up the phone, but do you really have to call like continuously for 10min?? or so he said... can't you just call back later...
i mean, whenever we have to inform critical results to the wards or clinics, sometimes, we can't even get through to the line, and if we do, we could be ringing for the same amount of time... but we would just wait awhile, and try to call back later... and when we get through, we don't immediately shout at whoever might be on the other line, saying "why is NOBODY picking up the phone, i've been calling for XXXmin, are you trying to affect my turnaround time!!"

what got me especially pissed was his tone of voice... it was like implying, 'should YOU be having a break now when i'm urgently requiring a result that i obviously can trace from the computer system?!'

and can i state that we're not your computer operators... shouldn't you check the system for your patient's results before trying to call us... don't waste our time, and your time by doing useless things like calling us for every other tests that you're just too lazy to check from the computer... the nurses, i can understand... for some reasons, they don't seem to have access to the computer system which makes it difficult to trace results... if the results aren't there and you can't get us, just wait 5min for the system to update itself, then try tracing the results again...

and give us some time at night will you... we're already trying to frantically produce the results for you with the same amount of time as during the day where there are 4-5 people working together, but with only 1 person now...

all in all, while you may have your difficulties as doctors, we also have our own troubles as lab technicians too... don't just make life miserable for others just because you might be having a sucky day, or night...

*deep breathes*

Super Lame Conversation

Occurrence: Aug 22 2005. Lunch Time
Location: MSN Messenger

-Start of Transmission*
Meow Meow says:
haha
i'm gonna poison myself liao
gonna cook fried rice

Meow Meow says:
Wahahaha

Meow Meow says:
Ttyl

Moo Moo - says:
orhhh...

Moo Moo - says:
poison urself.. best..

Meow Meow says:
if i dun come back to talk to u by 3
maybe u can call me to check if i am okie

Moo Moo - says:
okie okie

Meow Meow says:
back from self poisoning

Moo Moo - says:
wahh.. not bad.. haven die yet..

Meow Meow says:
poison need yet take effect

Moo Moo - says:
ahahahaha..

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
maybe die later

Moo Moo - says:
i'll call the casket once u drop..

Moo Moo - says:
jus lemme noe when u abt to drop

Meow Meow says:
kk
Thanks

Meow Meow says:
i wan my bai kim

Moo Moo - says:
Bwahahhaha

Moo Moo - says:
burnt to u?

Moo Moo - says:
in sgd or?

Meow Meow says:
no lah
bai kim
i given during the wake mah

Meow Meow says:
so that got $$ to pay for the rental of the void deck and things like dat

Moo Moo - says:
ohh..

Moo Moo - says:
the rest leh?

Moo Moo - says:
convert and burn to u?

Meow Meow says:
yup
use the rest to buy me a house, a car, license....

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
wat else?

Moo Moo - says:
Mwahhahhaha

Moo Moo - says:
servants?

Meow Meow says:
best is can burn internet to me also

Moo Moo - says:
so dat i no need to be human sacrificial

Meow Meow says:
then i can put my lappy in the casket

Moo Moo - says:
can... now EVERYTHING oso got..

Meow Meow says:
cook u lor

Meow Meow says:
i only wan moo moo

Moo Moo - says:
cannot.. cook me liao no one organise

Meow Meow says:
Izzit

Meow Meow says:
Excited
can't wait to die

Moo Moo - says:
[-_-"]

Meow Meow says:
u organise finish then cook u lor

Moo Moo - says:
i think... rr will be rolling all over in laughter at our conversation..

Moo Moo - says:
wahh best... guo he cai qiao... cross river demolish bridge

Meow Meow says:
and hor
i wan my phone
can't live w/o my hp

Meow Meow says:
yup...

Moo Moo - says:
call who siahz

Meow Meow says:
call u lor

Moo Moo - says:
0_0

Meow Meow says:
since u will be accompanying me

Moo Moo - says:
blahhhhhh...

Moo Moo - says:
then i need to get rr to organise my wake liao

Meow Meow says:
Wahahahaha

Meow Meow says:
can....

Meow Meow says:
go sms her
ask her to prepare for u

Meow Meow says:
she will give u a christain style one

Moo Moo - says:
arhhh.. no lehhh

Moo Moo - says:
i halal one

Meow Meow says:
Wahahaha

Moo Moo - says:
MWAHHAAHAHHAHA

Meow Meow says:
u halal?

Moo Moo - says:
yahhh... *like real*

Meow Meow says:
malay style is burn on the same day of death

Moo Moo - says:
mercy killing.. on the throat.. one slash.. done..

Meow Meow says:
no wake one leh

Moo Moo - says:
faster to find u mahhh

Moo Moo - says:
err.. still got pek kim

Meow Meow says:
no lor
the blood drip drip
very slow and pain

Moo Moo - says:
CHOY CHOY CHOY... tok abt these during 7th mth

Meow Meow says:
Haha

Moo Moo - says:
no lah.. if u slit at the correct place.. very fast..

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
if bird is to do the job
then confirm is slow and painful

Moo Moo - says:
Yahhhhhhh

Moo Moo - says:
make me die of anxiety 1st..

Moo Moo - says:
like.. "oi u wanna do liao anot??? prepare me 1st.."

Moo Moo - says:
then she slit.. aiya.. wrong place... slit slit slit slit...

Moo Moo - says:
end up my neck got barbwire tattoo

Meow Meow says:
hahaha
then got many cuts instead of one.....

Meow Meow says:
Hahaha

Moo Moo - says:
nice flesh oso become minced meat liao

Meow Meow says:
artistic okie

Moo Moo - says:
arhhh... dat is the most painful way of dying..

Moo Moo - says:
hmm.. maybe we shld jus copy n paste tis whole conversation..

Meow Meow says:
when u come join me
i cannot recognise u
then defeats the purpose of u dying liao

Moo Moo - says:
so damn tok kok

Moo Moo - says:
YAH LAHHHH

Meow Meow says:
Haha

Moo Moo - says:
beef not = minced meat

Moo Moo - says:
kk i copy laio..

Meow Meow says:
Kk
when we finish talking
we copy and paste
put in word doc
then send to rr and birdy

Meow Meow says:
Wahahahah

Moo Moo - says:
arh shit.. all alignment... gone..

Moo Moo - says:
no need word lahh.. jus copy n paste can liao…

Meow Meow says:
kk
then u do all the word
i sit back and wait for their reply can liao

Moo Moo - says:
ok ok

-End of transmission-

This is a classic~~

The Beginning

Date: 31 August 2005
Time: 4.28pm