#4 : Busy Department

Busy.... Busy.... Busy....

Do you know that in United Kingdom, they have rules & regulations saying that the maximum working hours for doctor is 48 hours per week, that includes junior doctors as well.
Which can be translated to, working more than 48 hours per week, is AGAINST THE LAW !!!

Developed country strongly believe that mistakes will only increase if doctors are overworked, thus they implemented such rules. Malaysia, the next promising developing country yet to be classified as developed country, is somehow....
doing the direct opposite. Didn't the West did what we are doing right now years ago and they failed ??? Why can't we learn from their mistakes, they tried everything before becoming a developed nation, isn't it ??

"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it "

Whatever lah, Malaysia Bull-eh, hehe...
Ok, to be successful in HO life, my advice is to choose your department wisely. Most of the HO who quit, are in the 1st & 2nd posting. Most of them can't even endure the 1st month in HO life, then they went missing.
The solution, don't even think of doing the busy department as your 1st posting if you are not well prepared !! Call your hospital admin before duty-reporting date, ask them to change, give them 999 reasons to help you !! 

It is generally known that, Medical department is the MOST BUSY of all, regardless of states, be it in KL or in Kelantan.
In my hospital, the ranking goes like this (from the most busy, to the less busy)... :-

1. medical
2. surgical / ortho
3. o & g
4. paeds

of course Emergency dept is busy as well, but it'll be your last or 5th posting only.
The word "Busy" here is directly proportional to number of patient, i am not talking about some annoying specialist who ask HO to do hourly vital signs monitoring for all patient making you "busy" as well (nurse will be jobless then). The ranking changes, but medical will always stay as the KING !!!

Tips : Find out the number of wards allocated to each department, you'll get a rough idea on which department has the most patient.
Example :-
If Medical has 8 wards altogether meanwhile o&g has 4 wards + labour room, doesn't that tell you something ???