MEDICO

EPISODE 5 ‘So, really, whose patient is she?’ Doctor Afuarida asked with impatience written all over his face Bola indicated, her body language reeking of timidity, ‘Sir, she was supposed to be my patient, but I haven’t been able to clerk her’ ‘Oh, really? She was supposed to be?’ ‘Do you even have any other patient on the ward?’ ‘Ehm…no sir. But my other patient has just been discharged’ ‘Please, leave my ward round. You are obviously unprepared to truly learn the art of medicine.’ She knew better than to plead and therefore, walked out with the little dignity she still had left. He continued lecturing the rest of the students ‘You know, whatever you do now will speak later in life and especially in your medical career. If you want to be a good doctor, it definitely begins from now- taking responsibility’ Dr.Amao, please give me a summary on this patient ’22 year old female, had appendectomy done. 1 st day post-op. Mild pain at op-site. Currently on IV Met...

 EPISODE 3 ‘Oya sorry now, we’re almost there.’ Felix kept saying as he partially carried his dear friend.  She wouldn’t hear the last of this episode once it was over, that much he knew! ‘Awww…you don’t know how painful awww… this is’ ‘Sorry, sorry’ ; he kept saying So they eventually got to the ER and after pulling out her card, used ‘medical student connection’ to see the resident that was on call in Internal Medicine unit. ‘Hello dear’ , Dr. Brown said, looking keenly at the girl that was almost doubled over in pain ‘I think you should lie down on that couch’ ‘What exactly is the problem?’ ‘She just started complaining about her abdomen about half an hour ago’ ‘Oh’. ‘Can you point to where exactly the pain started?’ he asked ‘Here’ . Linda pointed to the area around her umbilicus. ‘Have you had any episode of vomiting?’ ‘No sir’ Felix answered spontaneously. ‘You must be her boyfriend, right?’ Dr.Brown asked, with a mischievious grin ...

EPISODE 2 Dr. Ehis walked swiftly and confidently towards the woman. ‘E gbe wa’  ‘E gbe si ori bed yen’ ‘Nigba wo lo ti bere si n se giri?’ (When did this start?) ‘Nurse, please give me 5mg of IM Diazepam and pink/blue IV line’ He gave the injection. The child began to calm down. He set up the intravenous access. ‘He motioned to Fola. ‘Guy, abeg help me withdraw Phenytoin.’ ‘Errh…ok’ Fola was lost. It wasn’t like he hadn’t seen or participated in the management of any patient with febrile seizures while in medical school but here he was…acting like a stupid fellow. He shook his head. Knowledge of Kasabach-Merritt or Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome wouldn’t help him here. He chuckled. He withdrew the Phenytoin and gave it IV slowly. The child had dramatically improved. His phone was ringing. He searched his pocket. It could be the SR! Uh…Bunmi??? Why was she calling him? He reminisced, his first love. His heart skipped a beat. She ha...