The Resident

Prologue

"More blood! Stat!" the silence of the Operating room was smashed by my command.

This patient already received 30 units of blood, but his bleeding still hadn't stopped!

"Wla nang type-specific blood" the reply came.

"Nagamit na po lahat" another added.

And because of this I silently panicked, thoughts clouded my mind.

Ano nga ba ginagawa ko dito?!

1 hour earlier

I was casually walking down the hallway of the hospital when out of nowhere a few number of the hospital staff were running towards my direction.

Instinctively I made way pero on the process hinila nila ako, tumungo kami sa Emergency department kung saan naabutan namin ang paramedics na dinadala ang isang bugbog saradong pasyente.

And by the looks of it I knew he needed surgery right away. The paramedic explained that the patient was severely beaten on the head with a metal rod.

"Lagot" sabi ng katabi ko

Lagot nga, dahil ngayon ang Association of Nureological Surgeons, ibig sabihin wala dito ngayon ang neurosurgeon ng hospital.

Tinawagan agad namin ang faculty member na in charge dito pero hindi siya sumasagot. Sa mga oras na ito maslumalala na ang kalagayan ng pasyente.

Naturally I was concerned, feeling we had to do something but I'm still inexperienced. Then I realized this man could die if I didn't do something- and something meant lobectomy (that means taking out the frontal lobe).

Ano gagawin ko? Inisip kong maigi ang mga problemang pwedeng mangyari lalo na at dapat may medical or legal actions kapag may dinadala kang pasyente sa operating room na walang attending physician. 

Pano kung may bleeding at di ko makontrol yun?! Tapos pano pag may problema na di ko kayang ayusin?!

Pero naisip ko rin, anong mangyayari kung di ako mag operate ngayon?

I clearly knew the answer- the man would die.

"Kaya mo?" Bulong ng isang kaibigang E.R nurse, pero nanatili akong walang imik.

Ito ang pinaghahandaan ko, ngayon pa ba ako aatras? 

"Take him to the operating room" I told them while trying to sound confident.

As we prepared for surgery I tried visualizing what I need to do. Kilangan ko buksan ung ulo at tatangalin ang frontal at temporal lobes kasi grabe ang pamamaga nito.

We finally started and everything went well but while I just finished opening up the skull the unexpected happened.

"Ano to?" Galit na sabi ng taong kapapasok lang sa E.R.

Walang umimik pero pinagpatuloy ko lang yung ginagawa ko.

"Hindi ka dapat naandito" dagdag niya na halatang ako ang tinutukoy pero hindi ko siya pinansin dahil ayokong mawala sa focus.

"Kinakausap kita!" Malakas niyang sabi at unti unti na akong naiinis.

Hindi niya ba maintindihan na emergency to?

"Sir general surgeon ka pero kung kaya mo mag lobectomy ede ikaw na po gumawa" diretso kong sagot dahil alam kong hindi niya ito kayang gawin, kahit na surgeon siya magkaibang magkaiba ang general surgeon at neurosurgeon.

Ang huli kong narinig ay ang pagalis niya bago tumunog ang E.K.G (heart monitor),  putol putol ang ingay na nagpapahiwatig na humihina na ang pagtibok ng puso ng pasyente.

I am in trouble...

Recent time

"More blood! Stat!" the silence of the Operating room was smashed by my command.

This patient already received 30 units of blood, but his bleeding still hadn't stopped!

"Wla nang type-specific blood" the reply came.

"Nagamit na po lahat" another added.

And because of this I silently panicked, thoughts clouded my mind.

Ano nga ba ginagawa ko dito?!

If this surgery doesn't go well my career would be in the line, after all I'm still a resident!

Sa oras na yun bigla ko naalala ko ang lahat ng hirap at sakripisyo na pinagdaanan ko para lang makarating sa puntong ito. 

"Ngayon pa ba ako susuko?" Tanong ko sa sarili ko.

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