CT Scan

Today was a remarkably busy day for me, as all of my MAs were not in the clinic. One was on leave while the other was in some funny pointless course. Anyway, since I have to take over their duties and see every single fuckin' case, so obviously I had to be busy today. 

Amazingly, the number of patients I saw today was like the total number of patients I usually see in a week's time. What's more? Most of these patients are complicated ones, with unresolved unsettled problems that I feel obliged to untangle, which inevitably resulted in me taking such a long time to see them. And as expected, every single patient that walked into my room got an awful lot of scolding from me, aside from their deserved treatment. 

So, one of this old Malay uncle walked in to my room.

Me: Pakcik, selamat pagi. Kenapa datang klinik hari ini ke?

Pakcik: Saya nak buat scan-lah, doktor.

Me: Oh.. kenapa pakcik nak scan? Mana tak sihat?

Pakcik: Saya rasa okay, tapi saje nak buat scan.

Me: Tak boleh macam tu-lah, pakcik takde tempat tak sihat, macam mana saya tau nak scan mana?

Pakcik: Saya nak scan seluruh badan.

Me: (starts losing patience) Pakcik takde masalah apa-apa sekarang pun, kenapa pula nak scan seluruh badan?

Pakcik: Sayan nak scan seluruh badan nak tau mana tak sihat?

Me: Klinik kecik saya ni takde mesin scan.

Pakcik: Hantar saya pergi Seremban buat scan-lah.

Me: Pakcik tau ke scan tu untuk kes kecemasan atau kes yang perlu saje.

Pakcik: Tak ape. Hantar saya buat scan saje.

Me: Pakcik mesin scan itu sekali scan kerajaan terpaksa guna beribu-ribu ringgit tau? Kau nak scan dari kepala sampai otak tu kena pakai sepuluh ribu. Kau keluarkan 10 ribu ringgit I hantar kau pigi hospital privet scan.

Pakcik: Tak ada duit.

Me: Kalau tak ada duit, jangan mengada-ada macam orang kaya pula. Pakcik ada kencing manis kan? Mari I tengok gula you hari ini berapa.

So, my nurse came in and took his random blood sugar, and unsurprisingly, it came back as 14.1.

Me: Makan ubat tak hari ini?

Pakcik: Lupa-lah. Saya rasa gula tinggi sebab saya minum teh-o manis pagi tadi.

Me: -.-" Dah tau sendiri ada kencing manis, ubat tak makan, minum air manis lagi. Lepas tu gatal nak scan seluruh badan buat ape? Bazir masa saya, bazir ubat klinik, bazir wang kerajaan.

Pakcik: Hehehehe...

Some patients just deliberately want to be scolded.