Laughing - still d best medicine

There was this book I read years ago when I was still a pimple-face medstudent, called HOUSE OF GOD (by Dr Samuel Shem M.D)

I don't fancy the title that much but the content itself is worth reading if you're into comedy like SCRUBS (perhaps the adult-rated version.. yeah steamy sexual encounter with hot nurses chap 2.. boo hoo hoo). It's sorta like autobiography, the author's own struggle surviving his 1st year internship.

A lot of my colleagues said it was a poke in the eye for med profession while laughing silly at their own asses. Tons of funny anecdotal experience of what happen 'behind the scene' in hospitals, stuff that would make patients have sleepless nightmare if only they knew 'Ssshhhh!'.

And yes... the infamous '10 Laws of the House of God' :

1. GOMERS** DON’T DIE (young patients do instead).
2. GOMERS GO TO GROUND.
3. THE PATIENT IS THE ONE WITH THE DISEASE.
4. AT A CARDIAC ARREST, THE FIRST PROCEDURE IS TO TAKE YOUR OWN PULSE.
5. THERE IS NO BODY CAVITY THAT CANNOT BE REACHED WITH A 14 GAUGE NEEDLE AND A GOOD STRONG ARM.
6. THEY CAN ALWAYS HURT YOU MORE.
7. IF YOU DON’T TAKE A TEMPERATURE, YOU CAN’T FIND A FEVER.
8. SHOW ME A MEDICAL RESIDENT WHO ONLY TRIPLES MY WORK AND I WILL KISS HIS FEET.
9. IF THE RADIOLOGY RESIDENT AND THE MEDICAL STUDENT BOTH SEE A LESION ON THE CHEST X-RAY, THERE CAN BE NO LESION THERE.
10. THE DELIVERY OF GOOD MEDICAL CARE IS TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE.

Plus some of its infamous acronyms....!

**GOMERS (Get Out of My Emergency Room): Applied to patients who are frequently admitted with complicated but uninspiring and incurable conditions.

LOL in NAD (Little Old Lady in No Apparent Distress): An elderly patient who admitted following a minor fall or illness, would be better served by staying at home with good social support, rather than being admitted into a hospital with all the iatrogenic risks of modern medicine. Another way of saying a 'NAD' (No Abnormality Detected) used to record normal physical findings.

VSD (Venticular Septal Defect -- a hole in the heart): or a Very Short Dick! - Nah I made this one up!!! :>

-- --- ---- Well folks! Grab it at your nearest friendly book store - the author promised me 0.005% (statistically significant) profit for every unit sold.. Noootttt! ----- -----

Arrkkhh! I'm on call again tomorrow and Yippiee! Will be leaving the next day for F1 medical cover stint -- Hmmm will be back on the 9th "sigh" until then, safe driving everyone.