A passing..

 

I dunno whether this news will be on the media tomorrow , but what happened today was sad , for my medical department colleagues .

At about 2 pm today , i received an sms from a fellow doc in Kajang. Apparently there was this news spreading that a doctor collapsed and died in HKL.

As i was in the OT I quickly contacted Shakti , and he confirmed the news. It was a friend , a fellow colleague of ours ; Wan Saiful. It happened so fast and i dont recall any similar event happening in HKL medical department ever.

He's my age ; thin and pleasant looking. Just came back from holiday in Indonesia ( he;'s Kelantanese eih.. ) unmarried , always smiling and very pleasant to work with. He was on third call today.. talk about dying on the job !!

( as being told by Shakti )
Place : Physicians Clinic session near afternoon.

He was attached to the gastro team ; therefore seeing gastroenterology cases for the day in the clinic. When the incident happened , he was answering a pager call ; perhaps a nonsense referral from the orthopaedics department . According to a colleague who was there ; he suddenly fell down. Running to his seat , he was already cyanosed ( blue ).

The whole clinic went beserk ; all the doctors came over to see whats happening.The resus team was activated ; he was not breathing ; ECG actually showed asystole ! Within seconds Dr Raj intubated him ; and they immediately performed CPR. Shakti and Dr Anil took turns to do CPR. It was really bad. They defibrillated him , but the ECG went VT. and then shock again... asystole.Adrenaline.. atropine.. It was really havoc.The cycle went on for 2 hours. I was not there but i can imagine the trauma and stress. The head of department thinkin.. damn.. my MO collapsed !! Anaes team arrived stat , and an IJN consultant came over to help but to no avail.. Ajal maut di tangan tuhan.

His parents were in Beijing.. and i can imagine the trauma hearing their 28 year old doctor child.. died of Myocardial Infarction ( heart attack ).

What happened to him today made me realize that.. KUN FAYA KUN. if god says it , than it is. We are just his mortal human beings ; subjected to his mercy and plan. We can never know . Nothing can be done ....

if one assesses his health ; he has no such history , thin.. i mean.. i am more of a risk factor to just Die from MI !!!

p/s Alfatihah to arwah Wan Saiful...