Life in Bendigo
This is my first blog since I was posted to Bendigo 2 days ago. This is a cosy little city where everything is close to each other. We have KFC, Pizza Hut, McDs, Safeway and other shops within walking distance!
Bendigo hospital isnt the best hospital to do our rotation in, especially when our block now in orthopaedics, rheumatology, dermatology, plastics and anaesthetics. Because they only have orthopaedics here! That leaves us plenty of free time, such a contrast from the cardio and respi block in Austin.
And the docs that we met here aren’t exactly the most friendly ones. We are scheduled to join the ortho ward rounds this morning and guess what. The docs did not even look at us when we introduced ourselves. And when they need to examine the patient, they drew the curtain right in front of us!
Well, guess in order to learn, we need to organise our own schedule.
So, we went for an ED tutorial. The case that was discussed was regarding a 93 year old man who presented with 2 bout of fits in the past hour. He is demented and could not recognise any of his family member. He has been living in a nursing home for 3 years. The doctor’s decision was to sway the family members into accepting the decision of withdrawing treatment. She mentioned that it was more worthwhile spending the bed on a patient who is 55 with a heart attack. Hmm.. I understand where she’s heading towards - about quality of life and practicality. But it kills of the idealogy of Sanctity of life and all life are born equal..
