You;re not safe..

bruised 

Security in our public hospital has always been a suspect. Lots of unknown people are allowed to roam the hospital and this practice has been going on for years now. If one wears a white coat with a forged ID tag ; showing a confident body language when one sees the guard ; you'll be let into the building easily.

The baby snatching episode in SUngai Petani was an example how the system is flawed. And something that happened on Friday morning to one of my medical colleagues was very frightening and causing worries to us doctors doing calls like donkeys everyday.

The prelude to this was an episode on Wednesday when one of my Anaes colleague on her way back to the main building from Neuro OT in Neuro building was being chased after an unknown figure. She freaked out and she ran all her might to the guard . She then changed with a male counterpart to do the on call neuro cases.

Then on Friday morning ,BROAD DAYLIGHT !! an unfortunate 7 month old pregnant MO , in the ON CALL room ( our supposed to be safe area ) ; was assaulted and harrassed ! The unknown burly figure; with an indon slang came to the room and threatened to rape her..She pleaded for mercy .Begging for the safety of her unborn child.. the stupid fugitive took away her purse away and cruelly kicked and punched her then BANGED her head TWICE to the wall.She fainted and was floored unconscious.The assaulter left the room.

Luckily a colleague who was due to be on call that day came into room and saw her lying still on the floor an hour later. Quickly they called for help. She was admitted to CRW for care. She had bruises on her face and her GCS was full though. An MRI of the brain was done and showed some intracranial bleed ; however in the opinion of the neurosurgeons , she only required conservative managament. She is currently doing OK.. but obviously speechless and traumatized by that episode..

IMAGINE.. being assaulted in the room where we thought we were invincible ! If i am not mistaken , this is the first ever episode of such brutality happening to a medical officer in Malaysia. Obviously, this news was not highlighted in a hi-fi fashion in the media. It was on tv and papers but it sounded mild compared to the real trauma and the effect is on us the medical officers. Damn man.. how lax can the security be.. Imagine if the MO was raped in the room , Dunno how the management will gurantee our safety during our calls..

Everybody is afraid now.. the trauma is real , and definitely being on call nowadays bring shivers to the spine..

p/s don't think they will want to rape me though.. hehehehe