yesterday was the last day of school. that's it folks. that's the last time we would spend our days just moving between the lecture theatres and the cofm labs and the seminar rooms. it was kinda fitting that the last lesson we had was our patho tut, altogether at the cofm lab with dr n. heh.

interesting letters in the forum of our esteemed local newpaper, with both readers giving their esteemed opnions on an esteemed profession. here are the juicy bits:

"I am not a medical doctor but I know what is professional ethics...If there are worries that the doctor and his staff will go home late, then don't operate until midnight. It's as simple as that."

and,

"The medical profession is not like any other business...Every doctor takes a pledge that he will put the interests of the patients first. A doctor has a social, moral and legal duty to attend to a sick person at any time."

in addition, a doctor's reply to a woman's complaint that she had been overcharged and given an expensive and not-often used antibiotic Klacid (which is clarithromycin) for her son. as usual she left out some very important details. go read.

to round off this medical news day, one hospital has installed cameras in its OTs for monitoring and teaching purposes. not surprisingly, this hasn't gone down well with the surgeons. interestingly enough, the same hospital made the news yesterday for having to close almost all its OTs due to a burst water pipe. fact -is- certainly stranger than fiction.