Health is not Cheap

I am not a politician nor a fanatic. But that does not mean I do not care.

I had a lunch with my dad last week and the topic about politic
suddenly emerged. He questioned where the money goes.

I honestly would not know the details since I am not the government
accounts or audit, but being a healthcare personnel, I do know what
government has contributed to the society.

Hospital Ampang is the Hematology centre (blood diseases centre). And
government has invested dimes for patient undergoing transplantation
surgery. You wouldn't want to know the cost. A lot a lot a lot.

Being a malaysian itself , you get some discount when undergoing
treatment in the government. A lot of treatments and medications we
give for free for malaysians.

And most malaysians come to the government because they are not able
to support private. And some go home without paying bills.. Because
they unable to do so..

What's worst is when some others were from foreigners (indon, bangla,
burmese) tHat do not have tHe priviledge but did not pay too!

So where did the money go? - To support Malaysians undergoing some
minor treament and medication for free, vaccination for babies and
childrens, antenatal care, and support people who couldn't afford to
pay PLUS for these NON Malaysians too.

Social welfare which is also under government has done a lot to help
malaysians in need for financial support.

My dad also questioned why government servants get extra priviledge..

I told him, because we serviced the government. And government has
promised us these priviledges. I told him that healthcare priviledges
does not account for only me , but also for my family which also
includes my parents .. until I pensioned, then priviledge only goes to
my husband and kids ..

When he heard he gets the priviledge as well, he kept quiet and smiled.

Just now I was viewing patients in CCU and one patient defaulted
follow up in Serdang Hospital (cardiology centre) because she cannot
support financially. And now she came to hospital due to another heart
attack.

She was supposed to undergo angiogram with stent insertion and do you
want to know how much these procedure cost in serdang hospital? Equal
to Proton. And if in IJN, it doubles. And now, she is searching help
from social welfare ( *tears of pity*)

Who ever said health is cheap?
And because of these advantages, I would think twice if I were to
leave government.

I don't blame my dad or other Malaysians who sometime questioned where
did the money go. But I can only explained in terms of healthcare
sector, which is never cheap.

We moarned with taxes that we have to pay but the tax money has done
good for the healthcare point of view.

To master in .. ?

I always see my self as a consultant. Not a surgeon.

I love medicine. I love paediatric too. Almost the same , only different is age group covered .

Paediatric covers 12 yrs old and below while medicine above 12 yrs old.

I still love medicine more. I feel it could benefit people around me.

and so one day, I was pondering about what to subspecialized in if I specialized in medicine.

I know it is too early to decide but I like to have some goals in life. Something to look forward to rather than stay in comfort plateau.

Medicine is so vast it covers almost the entire system. Heart, brain, eye, skin, lungs, gastrointestinal, kidneys , endocrine...

I have always always in love with cardiology. The Heart. It is too fascinating to learn about the electrical activity, physiology, the vessel territories, the disease etc2 .. I love

Suddenly one fine day, I had a chat with a friend. She asked - what do u wanna specialize in?
I answered -Cardio.

Her sister is a cardiologist in IJN. Very very busy. No time for family at all.

I had pins and needles since.

Last week I had a round with one of tHe specialist I adore. Had a small cHat wHile discussing case.

She asked me not to worry as I'll be exposed to so many during master programme and I will know what to do later. She said that cardiology is very very busy but very very nice .

She asked what kind of life do u want to have in future ? I told her, I want to have both. A time for family is for sure a want in my life.

Neurology ( the brain) or endocrine is a specialization that is very very nice to pursue in, and have time off from hospital too. No calls at night or during offdays/holidays like cardio.

Hhhhmmmm..

I have a heart for hearts but I need to open up to other system as my life may not cope well if I have too many hearts to handle. Sigh.

Hope isthikharah and tahajjud will lead me to a path that is a win win for family and carrier. and I think I'm starting to like neuro ;) I slamed neuroanatomy during my 1st year, who knows I was meant for neuro all along *winx*

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no bag. only RM10

I am a big spender. I admit.

To cover my guilt, I ONLY bring RM10 to work, never more but often less. So that I would spend appropriately on food. Eat only from the warungs and no pizzas, mcDs or nandos.

and...

I don't bring my purse to work. No ATM. No credit card. GOOD !

Which also means,  I don't bring along my license when driving .. For the past... *counting fingers*
Seven months !! ...

I do but very very seldom. Probably once a month I drive to work with driving license along.

and I have been walking around without my MyKAD too !...tsk tsk tsk
you may wonder what kind of person I am silently. "Unique" HUH -_-

Oh well, let's hope my working ID will save me when I'm in trouble ;))

Reason why I don't bring purse because I don't bring a bag to work. I go to hospital , bag-less.
So much hassle to stop by in the medical staff's room-park my bag-work-take my bag-go home. H.A.S.S.L.E!

and it is adding more weight on my shoulder.

I go to work with my white-coat on. Which contains stethoscope,  2 small note books, punch card, a lot of pen, 2 phones, a charger, a lot of scribble papers,car keys and sometimes my medical handbook. WEIGHT!!

and, I like it not wearing any bag ! so, people wouldn't know if I'm running late, or if I'm going off early than I should have. SMART kannnnnn? (i hope none of my bosses find out about this post)

Bag-less and RM10 to work daily is a double win, for me =)

Scent

A scent registers in our memory area including the environment you were in , the people you were with and maybe the feeling you had at that time. Brain do wonders huh ;)

In my case, it is always true. For some reason I believe human registers better memory with something simple i.e pictures and scent.

Just recently, hubby and I had our weekend getaway at Tanjong Jara Resort, Terengganu and we used body cream sample from L'erbolario called Papavero after shower and it smells super nice. First time with papavero. While I was unpacking at home, I smelled Ijul's used pjs and it smelled papavero. First thing that came to mind was Tg Jara !!, great time we had there flashed back. Missed.

Sometimes, when u smell something familiar for example a person wearing a perfume which another person wears, you can catch it up pretty quickly.

Another scenario was when I went to my Uncle's doa selamat few months back.  Greeted and salam-ed him and he smelled like Kaabah. He wore perfume bought @ Mekkah which have a scent smell similar to kaabah.
Tears started to pool, memories flashed back to blissful and peaceful environment. Place that I greatly missed.

Have you heard that when you are leaving your small child for a while, cover him/her with your used clothes so that he/her won't have trouble sleeping at night?

I believe scent is a powerful tool and so I usually tried my best to wear only "my signature" perfume which I ought to find (love wearing different kind of perfume) but so far, I have been loyal to my body cream I bought from L'erbolario. You know, so that people will miss me or remember me even more HAHA.

Honestly, after trying L'erbolario, I don't feel like downgrading myself.

I have tried  bodyshop and now I just go there for their vitamin E and great body mists, Crabtree? - nothing great much. L'occitane?- more to scent but moisture ? NAY!

L'erbolario "Petali & Fiori" was awesomatic ! I loved it and most importantly, Ijul loved it too ! you should try L'erbolario ! I am planning to get papavero soon !

For room/home scent, very very important. Makes us feel at home , a comfort feeling.
I always trust "karma karmet" for their great scent in living area. Owns by Bambang Soteto , remember him from Hairkunst entry last year? Yes, the owner of hairkunst is also managing karma karmet .. They have a shop at Tropicana Mall. Nothing beats karma karmet. I have tried those 100-200RM range , none last longer and especially not in my memory space.

 I feel a scent is a great way to create memory and to flashback great memories.

Spread some nice scents !