A different passion - A humble beginning

Things has changed a lot for the past 2 years. For those of us that has follow my previous blog on 'Passion for Children', I have now move on. I have move on to a greater perspective and responsibility. My love for kids did not fade. Even though I do not have the chance to continue on my studies of paediatrics, I still treat them the same. Working in a local public hospital in the Klang Valley for 2 years gave me a different idea about being a clinician. Clinicians seems hopeless in many ways. There are time when we do not know what is going on with our patients, there are times when we treat patient well, there are times when patient dies on us and there are also times when I meet ungrateful parents. It has reached a critical moment where I felt, there is no point treating kids whose parents are ungrateful. It will be better off the parents treat their own kids, or better still, get someone else to see them. This is in great contrast when I served in a large hospital in East Malaysia for 6 years. Though work was from 7am to 7pm, it was very enjoyable. Patients become well, parents never stop saying 'thank you', boss is great, colleagues are helpful, and nurses are independent. When I first move back to the peninsular, I had culture shock. It appears that, Malaysians in Peninsular so much different than those in East Malaysia. Anyway, putting those sad story behind. I have now move on to another level. I never looked back. I am at the position where I see the whole forest and not the trees. I see things in greater perspective and understand the whole system better. 2 years on, I now got my MBA, majoring in healthcare management. It was awesome 2 years. It allowed me to realise that doctors do 'not' no best after all. Those things and knowledge a clinician may know is just small part of a tree. A clinician hardly see thing in bigger picture. I decided to write a new blog. This time much on current healthcare issues rather than clinical medicine. I hope my followers won't be bored. Who knows, many of us may like it as well. Cheers