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Friday, October 21, 2005

Spirited Away

Some years ago I was doing my rounds when I saw this new patient admitted into the ward at bed 24. One of my senior doctors kindly asked me and my registrar to continue with the round and took the medical officer to go and clerk the case.

We were happily proceeding with the round when suddenly, a nurse came to us to ask for help, claiming that the new patient had "collapsed".

“Suay man!” I thought to myself as I briskly walked to that patient. (please see previous entry about why doctors do not always run!)

To cut the long story short, the resuscitation was a success and the patient was sent to the ICU.

A few days passed by…

I was asked to review the patient when she returned to the ward from the ICU.

I proceeded to ask her how she was feeling and she started to describe to me what happened.

She claimed she left her body that morning and was actually hovering on top of us as we were trying to “save her”.

“…must be hallucinations…” I thought to myself as I smiled at her and continued to ask some routine questions.

The patient did not answer me but actually went on to describe what she saw that day.

It felt weird that she was able to remember what we were wearing that day even though technically, she never saw me and my registrar.

What was weirder what that she told me about an envelope behind the bedside locker/cabinet addressed to a certain Mr Tan X X. (NOT XiaXue, please!) Well… there was no way she could have seen it when she came into the ward. From what I understand, she was slightly drowsy and was lying on the bed all this while.

Being the kaypoh me, I decided to go and check if the envelope was still there… slowly, I walked towards that bed she was previously at just a few days ago.

There was nothing there. (Efficient hospital cleaners!)

I walked towards the nursing counter, smiling, thinking about what that old lady said when I overheard a woman asking for an envelope addressed to Mr Tan X X who was discharged a few days ago from bed 24.


34 comments:

  1. there were some documented case studies of these OFBE(Out Of Body Experience) in US and UK.....

    well, i believe.

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  2. Anonymous3:18 PM

    so fast got new post!!! loctor really very free!!

    hey talking abt this. i remember reading a article got a doctor talk abt the patients of this particular ward will always see a Indian dressing in white talking to them in late night. Meaning different group of patient form different timing will complaint seeing the same “thing”…

    7th month liao meh?..

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  3. lokun's chat box down again liao! wat brand u buy one?

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  4. Anonymous3:50 PM

    oh man. it's not the out-of-body experience.

    it's the envelope. absolutely creepy man. who needs to listen to ghost stories when you've other stuff happening right at work??!!

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  5. Anonymous4:01 PM

    Hmm this might be an interesting study to do in Singapore.

    Incidence of out-of-body experiences in patients successfully resuscitated.

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  6. Anonymous4:10 PM

    this dr blog loves to write. seldom comment.

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  7. Anonymous4:10 PM

    this dr blog loves to write. seldom comment.

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  8. Anonymous4:24 PM

    mm maybe u should post an entry on all the ghostly experiences in SG hospitals

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  9. eh... i thought i comment rather frequently? =P

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  10. and if you look at the earlier entries, there's something about ghostly stories in hospitals in the country with the initials of SG.

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  11. Anonymous4:56 PM

    mm okie...will go entertain myself with them =Pp

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  12. i believe in these incidences...got documentaries on it, heheh...in discovery channel...

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  13. Anonymous5:45 PM

    Hi future aussie med student. Which uni do you plan to go?

    Haha im a future Med student but not sure where i wanna go too. Sg Aus Us? o_O

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  14. Anonymous5:58 PM

    jj: i'm accepted into Monash already...semester starts next year Feb. mm i didnt manage to get into NUS...didnt pass the interviews...sigh they dun like me...hahaRz* but maybe it's a blessing in disguise ba.

    mm US if i'm not wrong dun have undergrad med. have to do a basic degree, then do postgrad. UK is too ex tt's why i ruled that out. Ireland is quite ex too. i'm on a v tight budget lar...so aussie is still more affordable. which JC u in?

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  15. Anonymous8:34 PM

    yah..more spooky stories..please..

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  16. Anonymous8:42 PM

    i remember once i was very sick and feel extremely giddy and i really saw those spirited stuff floating around. not sure whether it is disillusion but it seems so real

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  17. Anonymous8:44 PM

    there is once during examination when i totally lost myself and someone just whispered the answers to my ears. of course,being prepared for the exam, i already know the answer but i can't couldn't control that voice speaking the answer to me.

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  18. Anonymous8:45 PM

    oh no.. more of this and I'll start freaking out in hospitals next time when I actually start working.. >_<

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  19. Anonymous9:15 PM

    oh come on, I don't belive in all these spooky things. Although my brother claimed than when he was seeing a patient in CGH, this old lady predicted the date that he would get married. Four years later, he really did get married on the date the old lady said he would. haha.

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  20. dun make this a freaky blog leh....so scary.....

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  21. Anonymous9:20 PM

    freaky is good.
    muahahaha.

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  22. eee......

    the only thing i hate besides celery, is scary movies and stories....

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  23. Anonymous9:21 PM

    sorry to hijack your thread Dr Blog. Anyway Future Aussie Med student, i have like a diploma in biomedical sciences my GPA avg's about 3.6 and a SAT score of 1400 Not very impressive but i think it shuold be enough getting into Med in Aus. Also just curious roughly how much are your fees per sem?

    Cheers

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  24. Anonymous9:28 PM

    mm med in aus quite easy to get in i suppose. though besides my A level results i had to take some reasoning/maths test (similar to SAT) and go thru an interview. one sem fees is A$38,000...and i suppose it's gonna increase over the years :(

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  25. Anonymous11:45 PM

    More spooky stories pls! hee

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  26. Anonymous12:02 AM

    FAMS: Monash can't be that ex. UNSW itself predicts approx. A$250000 over 6 years.

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  27. Anonymous2:35 AM

    There's a book called "The Holographic Universe" by Micheal Talbot, you guys might be interested in checking that out ...it puts a different spin on these "out of body experiences" and spooky stuff :P

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  28. Anonymous2:35 AM

    38,000 per semester....*wonders how people can afford to get through medical school*

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  29. Anonymous10:14 AM

    How to afford school fees? You can either live off your mum and dad, or sell backside.

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  30. Anonymous11:58 AM

    Unfortunately (or fortunately), I have to live off my parents. It must be so painful for any parent to see 80% of their entire life savings going into 1 son's education when the other son is due for uni as well in 3 years time. Luckily he is not interested in med or else, cannot make it. Which is why, this has served to strenghten my resolve to make sure i earn my ass off to repay them before i even start thinking about myself.

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  31. Anonymous2:57 PM

    dun be dumb, doctors have no future, going overseas to study is just a waste of money. u will realize it after u join the profession...

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  32. Anonymous8:44 AM

    Ouch, i hope ano @ 2:57 pm is not a doctor.

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  33. Anonymous6:35 PM

    adventurer: i'm sorry i made a mistake...it's not for one sem...it's for one year. and monash course is 5 years only. yup.

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