MC?!

after my post on XH, i actually felt quite bad commenting on other like that. even Jk think i am not too right and he thinks i am over sensitive about things. heehee... i was thinking should i pull that entry down. then... came my shock of the day... at 7am!

knowing i have my baby 'slave' (heehee..), 1 jr and 1 floater with me this morning. so i was happy to slowly strolled into ward and makan a little before i start my work. at 7.30am, after passing the central message, OngL told me that XH is on MC. i told XH called but apparently it was OngL asking a question! aiyo... to make things worst, our call list was not updated with the new girls' numbers! so AgNC M had to call upstair and call XH. then only we found out she was on MC. aiyoo... upset with me don't want to work also must call in if on MC mah. wait til last min., pple call u then tell so irresponsible. lucky we got 1 floater OngL to standby. so she became my jr. this charbo damn cool sia, her sponging within 10mins can complete one lor. so with most of my pts walker case by 9.45am our dressing and morning rountine was completed! woohoo... so not used to it! LOL! but got to thanks the ite girl and those helpful, co-operative maids + patients. =)

now back to the issue with MC. i understand the mentality of pple wanting to take mc, afterall i was once that too. =P #1 reason- the person is really sick, #2 reason- person don't feel like working that day. for both of the reasons, i think its really basic etiquette for the person to inform early esp. in our health-care setting. what if the manpower was cut too lean and there was really not enough people to move around to meet the needs for that shift? calling in early can at least allow some time for others to shift the other people/duties around to cover the void caused by the person on MC.

i used to be take advantage of the 14 days MC quota of my ex-company and my anemaic look. i will turn up to the GP complaining of this and that, almost without fail i will always get an MC for at least 1 day. but whenever i call in sick, i will do a mental schedule- do i have outstanding stuff to finish or any meeting to attending that day? no, then i will throw in mc but if yes, then i will struggle to work regardless of. back then i was working on project base work, time-lines are often set and as long as i get my project done by that due-date, i am fine. its a very individual thing, i won't affect anything or anyone to great extend. BUT health-care ... CANNOT lar! i will describe our ward setting as a braided rope if 1 person (representing 1 strand of line/fiber) decided to snap or to not function properly, it will not only tax the rest braided together but may even cuz the entire rope to fray and thus un-usable! when that happen, the rope is useless and even harmful for usage! imagine the poor pts under such care. *sigh*