my comm med posting

classes has officialy started after we were made to endure two weeks of 'motivational' orientation program. having ppl preaching and ordering you wat to do for two weeks is a bit to much for me since im not to good at taking orders from ppl. anyway, am now doing my community medicine posting in the MHC(maternal and child health care) department at two goverment polikilinik which are actually primary health care centers. doctors comes in only at certain days. the place is actually run by nurses and trained midwifes. if there is any serious case, the patients will be refered to the doctors in general hospital. so far, we are just observing most of the procedures. we are not allowed to actively participate yet. the nurses at the MHC are very helpful and friendly. they are more than ready to teach and accomodate us. of course the onus is on us to ask questions. as one nurse said, 'kena tanya eh... tak tanya tak ajar, tau!'
been meeting lots of pregnant ladies and crying babies. i swear to you, some of the babies must have built in speakers in their body. my lord, the way they can scream and shout. there was this 2year old boy who was brought in for his normal checkup and antihelmenthic treatment(they are given zentel to eradicate worm infestations). but the poor fella thought he was gonna get jabbed. so he was screaming and trying to fight off his mother and the nurse. when he was brought into the room, he was holding onto the door edge for dear life and refused to let go. and the mom had to pull at him. thought i'll only see this in calvin and hobbes comic strip. they eventually managed to get the boy into the room and shoot a syringe full zentel into his mouth. initially he was crying but when he realised that that was it he said, 'hmmm sedap. ada lagi kak??'
next week onwards we will be allowed to participate on all the procedures.
cant wait to inject my first baby.hehe......