Day 18 in Malacca GH posting

Date : 2/04/2009
Venue : Malacca GH

Today one of our lecturer came down Malacca to see how all of us in Malacca is doing....
Mr Muthu went to each hosp whr we were place to visit us n c how are we doin thr....
We never got the chance to talk to him much as he was rushing to other hosps whr my other coursemates are thr...

It has been a great experience here as i've seen many WEIRD patients in this hosp...
Thr was a young lady...how do i describe her?? hmmm...as wat her carer says she has low IQ...so she catch thgs slower than others...
So here's d catch....we've to ask here some Qs as we nid to do assessment on her...
It looks lik it is a great challenge to communicate wif this patient....
watever we tell her she seems to stare at us ony...we gotta do some sign language, repeat a few time and do it again n again for her to c for her to finally understand wat we are trying to explain/tell her...haiz....great challenge to communicate tis way...haha...

A szisophrenia pt has walk into the dept....
Every1 to her is suspicious...she's scare n low self confident....she kept looking down on the flr as she walk as if many tiny creatures on the flr n she dint wanna crush dem...
She also has a very weird gait pattern...sumthg lik shuffling gait but it is not...dunno wat is it called...
When ever u tok to her, she dun ans u neither look at u....
Ony 1 physio thr can communicate wif her....

Thr's another pt...a 70+ pt who fell frm the roof of his hse...
wondering what he was doing on the roof??
Well, he was repairing his tank on the roof and he slip and fell...
He was admitted into XXX hosp as he has fracture his patella...
Now he is suffering frm many sickness...imagine juz a patella fracture and now havin so many probs...lungs, liver, kidney, diabetes, HPT...haiz...wat a pity....
He juz came out frm d ward recently as he suffer frm many complication after the patella fracture surgery...
Imagine a healthy old man now havin so many probs wif his health....it will be a diff thg for him to accept...he use to do tai chi every morn, a person who has no sickness altho he's already 70+..
but now....
He's legs are very weak...he's unable to stand up frm sitting to standing..he usually nid help on tat...but he is very motivated when he manage to sit to stand independently after our physio tot him the actual technique to perform the task...now he's looking forward to walk independently...haha...wat a great achievement for this uncle....

Thr are many more motivating stories saw in the physiotherapy dept of this hosp itself...
Shall cont the story later....