Monday Morning by Natasha Khalid (guest writer)
8:00 AM : Monday mornings are generally abhorred comprehensively but they are gloomier if you work as an intern. However, for me, this Monday was an anticipated work free day. Hence, not too sad. I had spent a long time on the breakfast table catching up with friends and then later grabbed my books and went to the library to catch up on my studies. However, this happiness was short lived and in the afternoon I was called to assist in the clinics and a day of no work turned into work again. 2:30 PM : I grabbed coffee and rushed to the clinics, began my job of taking a detailed history of the patient. The patient was a twenty-year-old plain looking girl who didn’t talk much and replied mostly with a yes or no. I started my usual work, asked her questions pertaining to her disease, did a thorough examination and then the hardest part of listing possible differentials and chalking out a plan for treatment. I did my work, stepped out of the room and discussed the case with a s...