Last day in Shatin Hospital Geriatrics + Bus Stop Posters

Also has some photos to show today:




This is a very interesting, funny yet practical nursing aid I found in one of the geriatric wards in SH. It is a table with each patient's need and ability plotted on it, so that nursing staff all has an idea on how to provide the best care. There are small icons says "need help in dressing", "able to walk", "cannot swallow", etc.




This photo shows the 2 female memebers of my group, Shannon and Yin kei, sorry for the blurred image, all I wanted to show is that Ying Kei actually brought a suitcase to SH...crazy.





This photo shows a bus stop poster right outside SH, actually these posters has been all around Hong Kong since the SARS epidemic early last year. They were meant to provide some morale support for the healthcare workers during that period. For the benefits of those who cannot read Chinese, the photo actually shows a hospital porter resting on a bench wearing a mask. The message says: "He could have chosen to leave, but he stayed with the rest of the team to fight for HK". We must keep in mind that the porter actually earns much less than a doctor, and they do not have as much morale obligation to fight an epidemic as doctors and nurses (at least that is what I think). They have chosen to stay on their own accord. They are indeed very brave.




This is another bus stop poster from the SARS time. This one shows our former Dean of Faculty of Medicine CUHK, Prof Sydney Chung. (He has moved to Pupua New Guinea since October this year to pioneer endoscopy in that country) The Prinice of Wales of Hospital, our principle teaching hospital was striked fast and hard. Some of the students and teaching staff has also fallen sick. Prof Chung was working very hard to fight the epidemic, but due limied knowlege of SARS and various political and economical reasons, he was under tremendous pressure, yet he never yield. During one of the press conference, he sheded tears when he informed the press about the community spreading of the disease. He is really a modern hero, a superb doctor and the best teacher I ever met (he taught by being a role model for all of us to follow). BTW, the chinese reads: We were deeply touched and grateful to all the frontline medical workders.