St Vinnies

St. Vinnies is a big hospital. everything juz lies along the street. It consists of Private Hospital, Private clinic, Public Hospital(Xavier building), Public Clinic(in public hospital), deLacy Building (where clinical school is in), Radialogy Clinic, Sacred Heart (the Palliative Hospital which share the same building as radiology clinic).

Over here, they have excellent support for cancer patiens. They have specialised palliative care unit which i wonder is it the same in Malaysia.

The oldish building is deLacy building (the old building where the wooden staircase creaks), The newer one is Xavier building where the hospital is. The building at the top right is Sacred Heart Hospital specialised in Palliative Care. There is a small park infront of the hospital where people will laze there during lunch time.
We have our tutorials in deLacy building (where the clinical school is). The man in the center is our course tutor. Prof Sam Miliken, a hematologist. Beside teaching, he is working in the hospital too as a consultant. He will be marking our assignments. in the photo he is definitely bending down while i'm definitely tiptoeing. The Angmoh guy leaning back on the chair is Jamie ( kinda blur guy), the one in yellow T is Tim (who cycles to hospital everyday, he stays near us, he's very fit and plays Rugby for UNSW), Both of the Angmo's dads are doctors whom Prof Miliken knows of. The Asian guy is Jeremy, a Australia born Vietnamese, The Chinese Gal is Clara who migrated from HK but raised in AUst, The Angmo gal is Stacey who is originated fr NZ and marry a asian guy and has a baby d. Justine, another Angmo gal didn't come for class so don't have her pic. The gal in blue is Sarah, my IMU fren.

Again, routinely this week, i went to the hosptal online system to search for potential patients for next week presentation. i came across this man who either did or goin to do ERCP so i suspected he has bowel or liver related diseases. (btw, it wld be nice to see ERCP too :D). i went to him but he sorta rejected me subtlely( he said he had already had a 1 hr session with another student) DAMN!!!! :( u see what's the problem now!!! but he agreed to talk to me tomorrow. but tomorrow i have classes the whole day which means i have go to hospital really early to catch him b4 those classes....BTW, i still stay and chat with him. He was sketching something on the sketch book...so i started asking about his interest...Later on, he began to draw a portrait of me.
He kept westernising me...... ( he realised that too) so i told him my eyes are smaller, my forehead is higher, my nose not that small. (he's a artist) He said he has trouble drawing Asian but everything comes with practise. Anyways, Good Attempt though ;D (especially when i keep talking and moving)

Do you know St. Vinnies is like a Private Hospital. The hospital is new, fully equipped, at most 4 beds a room, and the view is simply magnificent in any of the wardrooms.

Oh crap....as i progressed on my assignment i realised i have missed out so many things.... but my pt has discharged d...luckily i have his email....that's my only lead to him. hopefully, he's not too sick to check his email... or else i'll have to trace him to his house. sometimes it's so hard to ask so many questions technically in clinical setting like we used to in IMU with the SP, you know. it's like dealing with human being...more than just the disease. sometimes attention and focus will be diverted....sometimes you just don't feel like further probing into the problem. (especially when you are just a student....but not their doctor whom they are obliged to report to)

Pray Hard that my pt will 1) check his email 2) willing to answer my questions.