At UKMSC Last Night

I got the news that my Sister's mother-in-law taken ill last night and after work, I picked up my Mum and went to visit. She was admitted at UKM Specialist Center and would be operated last night.

Alhamdulillah the surgery went well. I got the news that she finally left the operating theatre just after 3 in the morning. Unfortunately at Specialist Centers such as this - UMSC included - some of the surgery could only be scheduled outside office hours due to commitments of the Doctors to their University services.

Added to that, the surgeon was due to fly over to India for a meeting the next day, so the surgery was performed at these odd hours. The main thing was everything went smoothly. Hopefully the recovery would also be just as uneventful.

Subdued Afternoon

A rather boring day this far, starting with the long debriefing this morning, then the drive across to ParkCity. No patients in clinic today, so I ended up watching TV at the Doctor's Lounge there - you get free sandwiches there - before doing some planning for the coming weeks and answering emails.

I have a lecture to prepare in a couple of weeks time. Better get some material lined up for that. Next came the drive to Bangsar to stop at the bank, quick stop at the grocers for some food the weekend - will be on call this Saturday.

I was back to Subang for my afternoon clinic. A few patients waiting for their results to come back, before doing my afternoon rounds. Should then round things up pretty quickly before going home.

For some reason, it had a subdued afternoon. I have half an hour or so to kill before the results were ready. Maybe I just head back to the mess and catch up on some gossip. Yup, that what I'd do ......

ParkCity Picking Up

For the last couple of weeks, I found that the activity at ParkCity had picked up. Today, to my surprise, I actually had a direct referral from one of the local GP. And this was not to mention a few ward referral from colleagues.

Unfortunately, due to limited time, I was only able to be at ParkCity on my clinic days. Yesterday, since I have an inpatient referral, I drove there during lunchtime. Tiring, but doable, especially with a new referral which I had to see.

I noticed that a couple of new shops were already opened. No sign of the staff cafeteria as yet, or was I looking at the wrong place? The place was definitely getting busy.

Three Hospitals

It had been a really warm day today and the fact that I had to run around between Subang Jaya and ParkCity did not help. It had been a tiring one.

This was then capped up by a visit to the Armed Forces Hospital near Wangsa Maju to visit my Dad's driver.

Pak Cik Leman had been driving Anita since she was in primary school. He used to be Dad's driver during his time in the Army. This continued after both of them retired from service. But in the last few years, Pak Leman had worsening of his diabetes. As a result, his weight ballooned and he wasn't as dependable as before. Unfortunately, during the weekend, he suffered a minor stroke and had been admitted since then.

InsyaAllah he would be discharged tomorrow if results turned out ok, but I could see that he still had difficulty with his speech. Praying for a speedy recovery.

Paperless

SDMC Desa ParkCity has yet to have a proper launch. It was opened to then public on 12.12.12. They had a few deliveries on the day, but since then, they had only accepted walk-in cases. Efforts were still being made to get insurance approval for the Center, and it looks like that would only come in the next couple of months.

So, I had only seen my first patient there yesterday. The first after a couple of weeks. And then I realised that the place was completely paper-less. A shock to the system none the less. And I had a crash course on how to muse the system courtesy of one of the ER nurse. Learn I did.

The system was actually straight forward if you keep things simple. Almost all the features could be accessed from the main page, including blood results, history, Xray as well as charging and ordering your next tests. Same with ordering then items from the Pharmacy. Apparently referring patients to another Doctor could also be done online.

The system was actually rather slow when loading, which is troubling as the patient load was still minimal. Imagine implementing such system in a busy hospital?

A good start, but after using the system, now I appreciate writing on paper that bit more ....... I would need some time to get used to this.