OFFICIALLY FUNCTIONAL !!

I am proud to say that on the 9th of July 2008 , the trauma OT of UMMC is fully functional ! Ranjit and I were the first anaesthetists to solemnize the theatre !!! Prof Lucy had very strict criterias to kick off and obviously , our first ever case done in this OT was appendicectomy. The drawback was however , ( no wonder our Health DG is pissed off regarding resources allocation ) the first patient was a foreigner !! Hahahaha

patient transfer..
it was however not without a glitch. Off all the days the construction outside trauma OT decided to disrupt a power cable the day before. The air conditioning was not functioning with the OT humidity 90% ! It was all wet and i nearly slipped when entering the OT. OT lights just went off and waaahh it almost looked as if we had to postpone again. The 02 gas outlets and the scavenging pump were rectified after failure on our first two days there. And at 11.15 am , we called our first patient from the green zone.
Out of enthusiasm , we had 3 doctors performing the appendicectomy and I inserted the temperature probe with TOF monitoring for the patient.. a slight overkill but hey.. i nearly used the new fibreoptic scope for intubation ! ( nak test alat la tu... )
I do hope that the trauma OT will serve its ultimate function after this trial period ; for really urgent traumas.. and of course , to the benefit of efficient time management for the patients.

Surgeon and Anaesthetist... towards multilateralism..