Be kind to your doctor

Shared with permission from the FB wall of a GP Some six years ago, this lady X was brought to me. she has very bad case of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. I still recall how she used to struggle for breath each time she came. Thank goodness she would quickly recover after nebulization as intra-muscular injection because her case would usually be a narrow decision between admitting and the risk of treating her as out-patient. After a few visits, her symptoms were controlled. Among the things I gave her was Spiriva inhaler, and off label use of Singulair, which worked pretty well on her. I remember one day on my way home, I just had this feeling that I should pay a visit to Madam X. Just some gut feeling which I followed. True enough Madam X was struggling for breath. I gave her an injection and some supplies of medicine which I had in my emergency bag. (For the record, in view of what follows, I didn’t charge her as I was the one who invited myself to her home. She did not request for house call at all). I continued to see Madam until one day, her daughter, a staff nurse, got transferred back from outstation to work in Baustan, (now in Catsville). The staff nurse asked for her mother to be followed up at the specialist clinic in Sarawak General Hospital. I printed her case notes together with a full report. I have seen Madam X only a couple of times after that. She was followed up on basically the same medications I started. Her daughter the staff nurse came back...
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