8.30am - scheduled time of surgery.
it's now 8.45am.
patient on the operating table.......anaesthetist ready to start......surgeon waiting in earnest.....
and, nurses just started preparing her instruments.
time of actual start of surgery - 8.55am.
it's days like this (& there are many of late) that makes me dread coming to work.
i suppose it could be worse - i could be dealing with a govt dept.
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I read this post also I so beh tahan leh.
Adoi!
Andrea,
like the chinese say, puke blood.
I have more of this waiting game at dinner. Luckily, not in the newsroom.
God bless you as you patiently.... wait:)
Stereotypically, government (-linked) departments are pain in the ass. But I had one good experience with them, http://birthie.blogspot.com/2012/07/ber-tenaga.html
My father had a AAA surgery at HKL recently. It was half an hour late from schedule.
Yan,
thanks, this is where the patience of the saints is called for.
Birthie,
delays are sometimes unavoidable, but it should not be a result of the lackadaisical attitude of the subordinates & support staff.
actually, i shouldn't be surprised - the hospital is owned by a GLC.
hope your father is recovering well.
Thanks, doc. He is. As fit as ever. In fact, he recover faster than people half his age in the ward.
Speaking of nurses, I now think that not all American nurses are adept at their job. Nurses at st, Vincent Medical Center were very good. They Were Phillipinos.
Here in the NIH, many of the surgical nurses are rough, thoughtless or unrefined. But they don't look young or new on the job either. The strangest thing is, ward nurses arc better than OT nurses here.
Birthie,
glad to know that.
Yvonne,
as in everywhere else, there are black sheep in every profession.
all the best for your surgery.
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