One of the things that I have left my legacy in all the places that I have worked would be the setting up of the cardiothoracic anaesthesia services. It started with UiTM and the Department as well as the CTC services have strived really well. 10 years now. It was in 2013 when we kicked it off. Then the next when I was in Medini - another milestone for the hospital to start doing open heart surgeries in 2017. Now in Sunway Velocity , we have kicked it off in September. One of the reason I was brought to Velcoity was to set it up.
Initially there was a hiccup because the resident CT surgeon decided to leave after I joined last year. It was quite unfortunate because I did not even met him to talk about the setup and to do our first case. Hence, the search for CT surgeon began. It was not an easy task because most are already afliated to other hospitals. The younger ones were perhaps too green to lure into private practice. Then it was by Allah's grace that somehow Prof Zamrin (who was my former surgeon general in UiTM) was looking for place of practice as he would be retiring in the coming few years. And by stroke of fate whilst having my junior in UiTM to do locum in Velocity we got reconnected. And the rest is history! It was the "underground" team in 2013 - perfusionist and Anaesthetist at it again!
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Alhamdulillah, we have been going on strong with total 5 open heart surgeries and 5 Thoracic surgeries done since late September. And having your former teacher to do it with all over again is such a satisfaction. Sacrificing time for this can be demanding but at the end of the day, seeing this partucular service running well is very satisfying.
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