p.a.t.i.e.n.t

i'm not going to teach English's class

but

this meaning of patient has some thing to do with

our future of career as doctor

INSYAALLAH :))

patient

1. showing patience = sabar

2. a person receiving medical treatment = pesakit

i never realised the togetherness of both meanings

until today

when my PBL's facilitator was mention it to us

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one bright day

we are busying treat our patient

suddenly one old lady enter our room

we great her, ask her problem

"mak cik rasa kaki ngan tangan lemah jer sejak 2 hari lepas"

we begin our job to ask the history to get more info

and when come to the medical & medication history...

"mak cik memang ada kencing manis dengan darah tinggi,

tapikan doktor jangan marah tau kalo mak cik bagi tau nie..

mak cik dah lama tak makan ubat,

bukan apa mak cik rasa badan sihat jer,

jadinya mak cik pun malas la nak makan.."

deep inside our heart say

"aish, mak cik nie ..nak marah serba salah...

macam manalah aku nak nasihat nie"

after making diagnosis

we give an advice to her

"mak cik, lepas nie kena makan ubat ikut masa yer..

jangan selang-selang hari..

pemakanan pun kena jaga...jangan makan makanan

yang berlemak, yang manis-manis,

yang masin-masin..bla..bla"

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what i'm trying to say is

we as doctor have to be patience with our patients

because

not everyone will follow our advices

they say 'yes' in front of us but behind us

they still stand with their life style

then, about 2-3 months later

they come back to us

but complaining the complications of their disease

so, what are we going to say this time????

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

the conclusion is

JUST BE PATIENT!!