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You have AMC on your last day? Thats terrible. Worst! Worst than a post duty. 

Why?

Areyy! you get up . End up in a new environment all tired!... Who wants that?

Its not that big deal . Ill manage. 

I said this because I didn't know what awaited me . The last AMC was pretty much good with a unit Biryani party to bid  farewell to our journey in Department of Medicine.



Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck 12 ,
The mouse ran down,Hickory, dickory, dock.

THE WAR :
Haha! Yeah it was the time to split up into shifts. Nobody was willing to shift between 4:30-9 AM . So , the ones leaving the department (Yes , you no longer work for us ! Go do the second shift 🙈 situation arose. ) All we had to do is Nod. 

ZOMBIE :
The anxiety of going to the new department didn't let me sleep. So , I turned up at 4:30 AM like a zombie . The time usually is sluggish in such situations but it just flew away. 

RELIEVER 
In no time it was 9AM . *No sight of reliever* 
Friend calls. Where are you? 
*Will be there soon*
9:15AM . No reliever .


9:30AM *Forget it !lets have the breakfast in the AMC itself. * 
I munch some energy bars ( Yes , I needed them to survive the day)
Friend calls up :* Leave everything ! Come and report in the department. The reliever will take forever*

9:45AM Eureka! There is the reliever! 
*Books a cab * *Runs in the most filmy way ever* 
- Grabs Handbag .
-Dramatically shuts the door
-Looks at the time like the flight to USA
will take off in 15 minutes.
-Finally runs with the most panicky expression ever

For the first time in forever : ENTER NILOUFER HOSPITAL
Post duty? Asked a co - intern waiting there. 

Yeah.

Your apron smells like AMC ! Said a co-intern. ( Okay dude. You had a luxury to bath and report . I didn't . Buzz off! )

I hastily get in to the room to report and the lady there manually pushes me out .*TI's should come last.*

 I stand there dumbstruck * Madam  sarkari naukri kaafi seriously lerahi hai!  * 
With the* Beta ruk . Meri posting hone de batati hoon * wala look . I abide to her. 
She allots me unit 6 . I find no familiar face . 

* What a pain ! *

Can we mutually exchange our units ?


*No! * 
About my unit :
The worst part about being in that Unit  was *Saturday Duty* with *bonus Sunday duty*
Who on earth works on Saturdays ? Sundays to make matters worse .

I go try my best exchanging units . Things don't work out. 

Lost as usual :
While running in between two blocks I notice my face mask ! ( yes, the same one I have been wearing since 4:30AM . The same one that hung while I boarded a taxi , reported at a unit. 

The Unit Meeting
The PG comes gracefully .After a brief introduction , tells us about the characteristics of the unit.

  • Forget Sundays ! I have also erased them from our calendar !( Are you kidding me ... Sunday ! A Sunday ? NOOOO! Noooo!  ) 

  • Try iv cannulas . Don't worry , you can poke as many times as you want. Its the practice that gets you the skills. ( NOOOOO! That baby and his mother are going to curse me throughout the day and Ill have 'n' number of new problems . I have never seen a doctor find IV cannula for an infant even in cases of acute emergency! Why am I supposed to know that? )  
  • We have a duty tomorrow ! You'll learn everything! ( Okay! Sounds fun!)
Drama Queen Mode On :
The PG leaves . A case enters . 
*Amma soodi *
I try placing the cannula . 
*I dramatically turn around teary eyes * 
 I can't poke a baby! 

My co intern quite considerably explains , its okay . You are doing that so that it gets well soon . See , Ill show you. Its this simple.  


I go home . Cry for an hour . Then some self consolation. For four to five weeks from now Dr. Wajeeha Musharraf will be saving lives every weekend! Sundays? Never mind! Hota hai! 

With some positivity . I look ahead to the duty day.






Comments

  1. UnknownAugust 16, 2016 at 10:46 PM

    Are these comments public ..?? I mean do u have pgs in ur friends list ..??

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    1. WajeehaAugust 16, 2016 at 11:31 PM

      Yes . The blog and the comments are public 😋
      Yeah . PGs are in my friendslist

      Delete

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