Lab & edge of outpatients

I thought I would share some photos of the hospital and update on the latest hospital dramas.  There's always something going on around here - although often the stories are tinged with tragedy.

Mondays are usually the busiest day of the week for dealing with patients.  This Monday was almost unprecendented - over 50 patients turned up at outpatients - some new, some for follow-up appointments.  Usually there's around 30 patients on a Monday - so almost double this week.  We had a lot of rain Monday and at one point many of those waiting had to be brought inside the building - I think it must have been very cosy!!!Some of them ended up having to stay overnight to be dealt with on Tuesday.  By contrast there has only been 10 patients in today.


The eating area and some grounds


We were busy working away in the server room office yesterday when we were startled by loud shrieking and wailing outside.  The chaps jumped to see what was going on -  a woman being restrained outside the ward.  About 5 mins later  we could hear her running along the walkway still shrieking.  It turns out the medics were trying to sedate her it seems she thought people wanted to kill her and eat her!  She was very distressed - probably more so with people gathering around her trying to catch her!

I have mentioned that we have a new guest that arrived at the end of last week - he's been in at the deep end in the early part of the week as he spent Monday assessing patients in out patients, seeing one which had some brain matter coming out of his skull (?!?!), Tuesday, he was about to assess a follow-up patient when the mother started becoming distraught - saying that her baby had died.  When he checked he discovered that this was indeed the case and  unfortunately the baby had passed away. A brain tumour.


not the best photo I know - it was early Sunday morning!
 - operating block in background,
path up to the lab along centre

 Both women were taken home by the hospital.  The one that was afraid of being eaten luckily grew calmer as she approached her home.  Hopefully another member of the family will bring the child back for treatment. 

All in a day's work in the life of a hospital worker..............