The amazing power of the humble white coat
Allow me to share my medical condition. I'm rather allergic to the sight of medical students / fresh medical graduate doctors / medical officers prancing about in their white coats (inc dental officers and pharmacists). Prancing here refers to the act of garbing oneself in the white coat unnecessarily, meaning outside the hospital vicinity.I first realised of this condition during uni. We shared the same campus with the medical undergrads (at least for the first 2 yrs). If it's within the uni grounds like strolling to the campus cafeteria, no matter how ridiculous it might be wearing the white coat there, it was still tolerable. However, this bunch of 'clever' silly ppl will cross the busy main road for lunch, and u guessed it, in their not-so-sparkling white coat (due to the exposure to elements outside the hosp).
Some will even go to the toilet in the white coat. Eeuuu..
Then there was the time when i was working in pj, and i had to pass UH to and back from work. The ppl in question will walk, garbed in white, to and back from the hosp. And i can only assume they walked from home, imagine taking the public transport in that white coat. But then again, will that make ppl offer their seat for u on the bus? Hmmm...
Nowadays i see this group of ppl in and around GH melaka when fetching my darling for lunch. These breed are a bit different (prob due to the fact that they are not from the local medical school). They will walk with air and attitude, and trying to look stylish, of course not forgetting that white coat. Think tv doctors - ER, Scrubs, etc.
Amazingly the specialists would be the ones looking so simple, and often without that i'm-a-doctor-so-respect-me white coat. Soon i'll encounter with more tv doctors as i start to cover GH seremban, another breed from yet another private medical uni.
Points to ponder:
* doesn't the mean m'sian heat get to them while walking everywhere in that white attire?
* aren't they supposed to keep the coat clean?
* are they suffering from a terrible lack of confidence that they have to tell the whole wide world that they're a doctor?
* should we applaud them for being ever ready at all times, ie when an emergency happens outside the hospital, the public can immediately identify them and seek help?
posted by pearly @ 9:57 PM
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Shouldn't the coat be sanitized all the time?!
Gee, perhaps they are bracing themselves lest someone chokes while having lunch;)or someone rams into someone else while jaywalking on the streets, so that they could act 'fast' and not waste precious seconds explaining what they do for a living!
Have you noticed any Noah Wyle looking ones locally?
Tell me if you did k!
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