.:a sUdDeN sLiP:.

An ignorant surgeon who left a small piece of gauze inside a patient abdominal cavity will get his ass kicked real hard during the M&M (morbidity & mortality) conference.

But,he still can stand up high after tremendous destructive-criticism (which surprisely culminated well in healthcare profession) being thrown at him for a continuous 2 hours.

What he couldnt stand up to..is the feeling of guiltness when the patient contracted a peritoneitis, and eventually died due to his ignorance…….

The short commentary above is a medical equivalance about how our daily life is going on..(a better starting line I think than my previous post)

Even to this day, I couldnt understand how some of us can stand to people who is obviously ignorance to the mistake they made.

1. I totally can stand up to those who made mistake (because all of us are human, and its a human nature to do mistakes, I does mistake every single time in my life)…..

2. I can even stand up to those who made mistake, not apologizing about it, but at least feel bad about it.

3. What I couldnt stand up to, is those who made their mistake, stayed ignorant about it, doesnt feel a lil’ bit bad about it, doesnt care to those whom it may harmed onto, and obviously doesnt feel the right to apologize, and in turn, projecting people "dislikeness" onto him as a "they-dont-understand-me" attitude that happened to be in everybody except for him

Ok, mumble-jumble, and u might not get my point..so here is my medical equvalent again..

In case no 1 above, a surgeon made an error during the surgery. Patient died. He felt regret about it. He reported it to the chief, and face the family of the deceased with honour, knowing that he made a mistake, but anybody could make that mistake too. So he faced the family, apologizing, and ready to face the consequences. In this situation, I could rest assure that the hospital management will stand behind his back during trial in court of law. This is a type of people I can tolerate.

In case no 2, a surgeon made an error. PAtient died. He didnt face the family, stating that the death occured due to his error. He faced them, saying that he had tried his best, but eventually, there;s nothing more that he could do. He didnt even reported it to the chief,and nobody else knew it was his mistake. But when he went back to his home, he REALLY felt BAD about it, and although he know he cant undo things back, he is determined to CORRECT THE MISTAKE so he didnt REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN. Even this type of people I can tolerate, because God knows how many mistake we had made, but the failure itsels doesnt rest on the mistake itself, but rest on how well we get up from the mistake we made.

In case no 3, an ignorant surgeon (who obviously too lazy to made a little refreshment course before doing the surgery) made an error. Patient died. Everybody else saw the mistake he had done. He faced the family, saying that he had done his very best (liar!! u can do better if only u had took the time for the refreshment course), but its a fate that the patient are going to die. The family members cried, thinking that the death of their loved ones is inevitable. The surgeon walked away happily, doesnt even had a little impact in his heart. Tomorrow, he’s going to do his "junky things" instead of taking a refreshment course..why?? because the night after the operation, he went home, open the refrigerator, took out some food and drinks, and sat happily in front of the TV. He DIDNT FEEL BAD ? SORRY for the mistake had done, and thus, DOESNT HAVE THE DETERMINATION TO CORRECT IT, TO BE BETTER. Eventually, he’s going to repeat the SAME MISTAKE over and over again, and a lot of people can either get hurt ..or died….
So, do you expect the hospital administration to stay behind the type 3 surgeon??? However good he was, but if he is that inhumane that he didnt feel a lil bit of ting of regret …..how could we stand up to this kind of surgeon??

In life, people tend to be divided into one of this 3 type of surgeon.
Ask ourselves, which type of surgeon are we?
and for God-sake if we fell to the 3rd type..what can we do about it??

Obviously, if u’re the 3rd type..you have two options:

i) Kill the author of this article for putting up this post and reveal your little dark secret..and continue to be the 3rd type surgeon
ii) Pick, and directed yourself to be either the 1st, or 2nd type of surgeon. Newsflash, u can start by feeling sorry about what u had done….

And a little notes to the hospital administration too…
If in your hospital,there’s happened to be such surgeon…am I the bad guy here? for typing up this post and made it clear to everyone that he had some bad side of him that need to be corrected???
Or is "the surgeon" is the bad guy??? for keep repeating the mistake he had done, without a glinch of regret???

before u answer that question, imagine the 3rd surgeon operating on your mother, or your son…or even on you…

I BET U KNOW THE ANSWER….

p/s: …so, do a little favor to all of us here. The author of this post had no grudge to any 1st or 2nd type of surgeon. Perhaps the hospital admin might want to advice the 3rd type surgeon to change his attitude??

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