Journey of a DUMB Houseman

Based on my title, a lot of you will be thinking what journey am I talking about? Those who have worked here before will know what I'm exactly talking about. I'm talking about the new posting I've started, Paediatrics. Some of you will be thinking, alarr, paeds je pun. Rilek la brader. Sorry bro, it's not the same here. I've been hearing about the malignancy and the chronicity of the department since I've entered the hospital. I was never this scared in my life. You can feel the negative vibe by just taking the first step. Imagine getting scolded, nagged, and shouted at all the time. They don't speak to you. They shout at you. They see you as pesticides. As they were never a HO before. Like they became an MO right after birth. If I did something wrong, something stupid, scold me all you want. I did the mistake what, I'll accept it la. But nope, when you ask something or even present the case also marah. When ask also kene marah, when you don...

The end of one.... It was really satisfying when you passed your viva and completed your 4 months of work in a posting, yet it is so hard to leave. Tons of memories, experience and joy. O&G came to an end. After 4 months of struggle, finally completed the posting with good repo and marks. I started as a dumb person to being a not so bad HO la ah in O&G. From doing VE and not knowing what am I feeling , to passing on the knowledge and teaching the others how to do things in O&G. I wouldn’t lie that I actually do miss O&G from day one of leaving it. From the enviroment, to the people, to the little adrenaline rush. The happiness of hearing the baby crying upon their birth almost brought tears to my eyes when I delivered the first baby to delivering the last one. Imagine, having goosebumps while hearing Azan going on for Maghrib with a delivery of a child. And the father of the child hugs you thereafter and thank you for everything. Those moments stays with me fore...

1 question that runs in everyone's mind is that how much a Houseman does gets every month? Before I get there, here is how many hours I work for this week ah...  Sunday - Night 25 hours Monday - PN 0 hours Tuesday - AM 9 hours Wednesday - PM 15 hours Thursday - AM 9 hours Friday - OFF Saturday - PM 15 hours  Cumulatively, for this week, I work for about 73 hours (that's the least working hours I have gotten, max I have reached is 90 hours).  So, in average let's say la I work 75 hours per week, in a month I will be working for 300 hours (please bear in mind that this is official working hours, we come super early, and never leave on time). So, how much do we earn??  I remembered my brother told me once that his students told him that they want to become a doctor because gaji 5 figures.     So, what is the reality?  Your basic salary is RM 2947.00 Yes. Seriously!! But, in total, ...

So, a junior of mine read my blog and asked me on what should be done during medical school days in order to become a better houseman. I took some time to get it write but something is always missing, because I was never a good student and I am a DUMB houseman. 🤣🤣🤣 So, what I will write instead is what I feel that I should have done during my school days in order to be a better HO. 😉 Please be advised that I’m just a first poster in HO. What I’m saying is what I feel la ah…. Saye bengap dulu dan sekarang. 🤣🤣🤣 So, here we go.  First and foremost what I feel is that as a medical student, go and learn la. Explore what medicine is. The art of it. We used to be so excited tau bile masuk OT. But haprak la, learn nothing most of the time. Jadi tiang je pun. Waktu student la waktu paling susah nak belajar. But at least, you need to see and know it. Let’s say la ah. We go by procedure dulu. Among my colleagues back in the school, more than half of them ...

It is a little unexpected to see death in Obstetrics but when you get one, it gave a big blow to you. Obstetrics is all about preggy mummies giving birth to little devils. I was recently sent to take care of one of the wards in the hospitals la, however, I have been floating in the ward for the past 3 weeks also. There will always be once in a week of me being in the ward. So, I knew this patient la for quite some time. She is admitted for foetal surveillance due to low AFI (having inadequate liquor in the womb). Her AFI has be dropping since the day she has been admitted. Since I am placed in the ward recently, I meet her more nowadays and yea, my talkative nature keeps most of my patient entertained. So last Monday, my specialist decided to have her weekly scan. With the scan, we got to know that her AFI has dropped and after discussion with the consultant, we decided to induce her labour. She was going to be 34 weeks on 27 th of September and that was our plan. It w...

It has been a beautiful ride of ups and downs for the past 1 month as a HO. Life has been different. The way you look at things changes. Above all, you miss your family. 1 piece of advice I would like to give to all future HOs is that choose a place near to your family, seeing them can comfort you up, reducing the stress. I don’t bring my stress back home even when I’m staying alone but it hits you sometimes. You ponder back on it and continuously thinking about that and you get sad for the stupid mistakes that you have done. Kene marah lagi. Stupid reasons je kot. Could have avoided it, but naaaaa. Let’s make more stupid mistakes la ah. But by making these mistakes la I learn more. I decided to become over productive sikit recently, and through that, this week was a little extra draining. But, I did more. For others. For me. What I love at my place is that my colleagues are awesome. New ones or old ones. Semua best. I’ve learnt that having peers support is what neede...

Week 1 has bene tough. It wasn’t an easy ride. WHY? To get my fat ass up early. That was the main issue. 7am to 10pm (never on time to balik la). DAILY. That was tough. My routine basically was get up, bath, and get ready, eat and head to hospital. Come back from hospital, bath and sleep. REPEAT FOR 6 days. Nothing else. 1 st day tag and I was placed in the labour room. Imagine, knowing nothing and placed straight at the end part of the process. BUT, everyone was helpful. From the nurses to the consultants. Everyone was nice. Like super-duper nice. And they remember your names. They call you colleagues now.  Heard someone calling “ Dr. Malvin, Dr. Malvin, tolong sat ”. And I was like, there’s someone else name Malvin as well in the same place. WOW! Got a pat on the shoulder, turned and the nurse was like, “Dr. Malvin, harap muke je handsome tapi pekak, meh tolong kak ” Then I realise one important thing. The game has switch sides. From playing a passive role in...

Journey of a DUMB Houseman THE BEGINNING.... *disclaimers: don’t be a grammar Nazi as I am bad in English   So yea, Hi. I’m the new kid on the block. I will be sharing with you how I, the dumb HO will be surviving the housemanship. After about 10 months of break, I got the job! YEAYYYYYY!!! But not so yeayyy la ah… Why so? I planned so trips in August as the rumours was that the PTM (Program Transformasi Minda) supposed to be at the end of August. So, rumours became reality in an earlier manner. PTM date from end of August became 6 th of August. So yea! Sudden pressure. Sudden going crazy! Forms prepared, stuff prepared, everything prepared except for 1 thing. Just 1 thing. I didn’t prepare MYSELF. Still can’t believe it. The calling came and yea, time to go. I wasn’t prepared at all. As I’m writing this, I am still not prepared. So yea, here are some tips that can be useful to those reading this that will becoming a HO soon. 1. ...