hmm... today is the halfway mark of our 4 weeks here... spent 2 weeks already! this week was much much MUCH more eventful than last week and today was our last day the the operating theatre!wanted to spend the day folding gauze for the last time and talking to the nurses, persuading them to move to singapore instead (hur hur) but dr tharien asked us to go gandhigram with him, so we went in the morning, and we were supposed to return at 12 but good old indian standard time as usual led us returning back at 3 instead haha. but nvm lah. it was qt ok and informative at the gandhi museum.yah anyway, after tt went ot and took ALOT of fots to develop for the nurses (a surprise) and give them before we leave. nxt week we will be at maternity and following the docs on ward rounds. so anyway, to sum up our eventful time at ot, here is what we did:
1.learnt how to fold gauze, stichpads, big and small cotton pads and roll bandages
2.powdered gloves
3.learnt the special ways of folding linen (surgeons gowns, ortho gowns, bhs, vbhs, long sheets, towels of many sizes....)
4.helped clean an operating theatre and the equipment
5.saw 2 cesareans, a dental surgery, ligations, removal of multiple subaceaous cysts frm the scrotum
6.witnessed an emergency operation (very exciting)
7. made lots of new friends!
haha. so yah. it was REALLY fun :)
the emergency op was a cesarean and it was SO EXCITING. was like er haha. with nurses running arnd and docs rushing and even an oxygen tank toppling over and scaring everyone. the operating theatre was SO crowded like mad haha. but it was a super fast cesarean cos the cord collapsed, meaning that the umbilical cord came out of the cervix thus blood flow to the baby was restricted and the baby was in danger of suffocation. when they took the baby out and slapped it arnd, it was like all grey and limp. i really thot it was dead ok. i was like qt sad cos its a baby after all, but after recusitation, it cried!!!! was so happy :) oh and u noe something really cool abt this place, before any operation, the nurses and doctors will all pray with the patient and for the patient! maybe tts y not alot of pple die even tho the stuff are NOT very sanitary :)
anyway, ive been feeling like puking for 2 days now. i dunno y! ever since our trip to madurai with dr baby and dr sailo, which was on a super bumpy and rocky bus after i ate cheese sandwiches. ate like cereal and milo for lunch yst but still felt like puking the whole day. and tml is christy's engagement and she invited us to go and all the nurses are going but its at madurai!!!! oh crap. i really dun wanna go lah. other than tt, this week has been great! something else great abt this hospital: on fri, cos its pongal (a holiday in tamil nadu) there were very few patients so like the nurses all finished thier work early, and instead of using the oppurtunity to get off work early, they called an impromptu prayer meeting! so wonderful right. its like everyone here, no matter how important (or unimportant) a personage they may be, are like so clear on thier purpose and thier mission here, and its to bring God glory! i think their devotion to prayer and worship is really the reason why the hospital is such a blessing to its community. and like while they work they will all be singing christian songs and it really creates such a blessed atmosphere :)
we hav another new roommate who came today, also frm aus, ingrid! haha. she is also in 3rd yr med sch. i think we are like the youngest students who ever came to cfh! haha. so to everyone back home, im fine! and having a ball of a time :) my journal is almost half full! haha. but im missing everyone back home. i din even noe tt pool was playing man u today lah! but yah i hope they win!!!!! erm and i think when i go back home ill be so out of it haha. i will get lost in orchard road :p
anyway, indian buses are seriously CRAP ok they are so jolty and bumpy and keep horning so u cant sleep and at night its so cold tt u cant sleep either and they have this frightfully GARISH music blasting frm the speakers, either that or some movie showing at top volume with dodgey sound :( woe is me. i always feel so tempted to take taxi everywhere haha. anyway, we spent ALOT of money at madurai!!!! me and char went mad when we saw this shop selling food of brands we recognized and we spent like alot of money haha. i think if we told any of the hospital staff how much we spent they will die of shock! but yah im so happy to eat cadbury and cereal and have like chips ahoy! im qt sad tho. came online hoping to talk to pple but i forgot tt today got service! so everyone is in church :( i miss everyone ALOT.
1.learnt how to fold gauze, stichpads, big and small cotton pads and roll bandages
2.powdered gloves
3.learnt the special ways of folding linen (surgeons gowns, ortho gowns, bhs, vbhs, long sheets, towels of many sizes....)
4.helped clean an operating theatre and the equipment
5.saw 2 cesareans, a dental surgery, ligations, removal of multiple subaceaous cysts frm the scrotum
6.witnessed an emergency operation (very exciting)
7. made lots of new friends!
haha. so yah. it was REALLY fun :)
the emergency op was a cesarean and it was SO EXCITING. was like er haha. with nurses running arnd and docs rushing and even an oxygen tank toppling over and scaring everyone. the operating theatre was SO crowded like mad haha. but it was a super fast cesarean cos the cord collapsed, meaning that the umbilical cord came out of the cervix thus blood flow to the baby was restricted and the baby was in danger of suffocation. when they took the baby out and slapped it arnd, it was like all grey and limp. i really thot it was dead ok. i was like qt sad cos its a baby after all, but after recusitation, it cried!!!! was so happy :) oh and u noe something really cool abt this place, before any operation, the nurses and doctors will all pray with the patient and for the patient! maybe tts y not alot of pple die even tho the stuff are NOT very sanitary :)
anyway, ive been feeling like puking for 2 days now. i dunno y! ever since our trip to madurai with dr baby and dr sailo, which was on a super bumpy and rocky bus after i ate cheese sandwiches. ate like cereal and milo for lunch yst but still felt like puking the whole day. and tml is christy's engagement and she invited us to go and all the nurses are going but its at madurai!!!! oh crap. i really dun wanna go lah. other than tt, this week has been great! something else great abt this hospital: on fri, cos its pongal (a holiday in tamil nadu) there were very few patients so like the nurses all finished thier work early, and instead of using the oppurtunity to get off work early, they called an impromptu prayer meeting! so wonderful right. its like everyone here, no matter how important (or unimportant) a personage they may be, are like so clear on thier purpose and thier mission here, and its to bring God glory! i think their devotion to prayer and worship is really the reason why the hospital is such a blessing to its community. and like while they work they will all be singing christian songs and it really creates such a blessed atmosphere :)
we hav another new roommate who came today, also frm aus, ingrid! haha. she is also in 3rd yr med sch. i think we are like the youngest students who ever came to cfh! haha. so to everyone back home, im fine! and having a ball of a time :) my journal is almost half full! haha. but im missing everyone back home. i din even noe tt pool was playing man u today lah! but yah i hope they win!!!!! erm and i think when i go back home ill be so out of it haha. i will get lost in orchard road :p
anyway, indian buses are seriously CRAP ok they are so jolty and bumpy and keep horning so u cant sleep and at night its so cold tt u cant sleep either and they have this frightfully GARISH music blasting frm the speakers, either that or some movie showing at top volume with dodgey sound :( woe is me. i always feel so tempted to take taxi everywhere haha. anyway, we spent ALOT of money at madurai!!!! me and char went mad when we saw this shop selling food of brands we recognized and we spent like alot of money haha. i think if we told any of the hospital staff how much we spent they will die of shock! but yah im so happy to eat cadbury and cereal and have like chips ahoy! im qt sad tho. came online hoping to talk to pple but i forgot tt today got service! so everyone is in church :( i miss everyone ALOT.
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