It's almost half of the year but this is my first blog entry for 2020. I am pretty sure everyone have long waited for 2020 and hoped this year going to be a successful and memorable year. I could not agree more that 2020 is an exquisitely unforgettable since we are fighting a pandemic, COVID-19, coronavirus disease discovered in late 2019.
Because this disease is very infectious and hundred thousands have succumbed, many countries started a quarantine policy including Malaysia. Nations, except frontliners, were prohibited from going to school or work and instructed to just stay at home. Being in anaesthesia and intensive care department, our role is pretty much vital. We are the frontliners but the last defense in this war. We emptied our general ICU to cater for COVID/ SARI patients who needed intensive care. Normal wards being turned to temporary ICU. Our working schedule went haywire initially as we need to work 12-hour shift everyday while no one was granted to take annual leave. Things getting harder when some of my colleagues had to be quarantined too. This difficult time for my colleagues and I went on for 1 month plus before we were back to normal office hour and oncall system again and allows to apply leave.
After 2 months of quarantine aka movement restriction order (MCO) in Malaysia, the chaos situation getting pristine. Not that there is no more positive case but it becoming very less. From 100-200 plus cases per day previously, the number today decreased to 10 new positive cases. I am so glad with our country leaders (Tan Sri Muhyiddin and DS Dr Noor Hisham especially), the frontliners and the rakyat who are fighting together in this catastrophe. Thank you for staying at home and obeying to the MCO. We have not totally win this war yet hence we must keep implementing the new norm as a precaution - practice 3W: Wear mask, Wash hands and Warn others as well as to avoid 3C: Crowded place, Confined space and Close conversation.
A picture as memory. First picture while I was in non-COVID operating theater, second and third picture were right before I attended COVID cases, wearing full PPE.
I shall stop my rants now. Stay safe and please take care! #proudtoserve #kitamestimenang
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