Another Easy Saturday at Work | Chamber Talk | Alive and Thriving on July 05, 2025

Hi there. How are you? I hope you are doing great. Welcome to my Post. Below, you will find a short diary for Saturday.

On Saturday, the first workday of the week, I had a duty in another clinic as a relieving doctor. I need to go there by car. It's not very far. It takes around 12-15 minutes to reach there. The morning shift started at 8:30 am and ended at 1 pm. The evening shift started at 5 pm and ended at 9:30 pm.

It was an easy day at work where I consulted only 17 patients. There is no visa medical section. Hence, no need to check up on any people coming for a fitness test. During the morning shift, only 7 patients came. Hence, it was somewhat boring also!!

Of them, there was a patient with recent-onset insomnia (lack of sleep). There wasn't any recent precipitating factor for this acute onset of insomnia. He was already under some stress for a long time. His two younger siblings are somewhat disabled- one is dead and the other one is mute!! His father had passed away when he was a child. He was managing everything well. But, recently he was having trouble falling asleep! He already tried melatonin-based medicine without benefit. I prescribed a medicine that would help him fight the stress and get proper sleep. I hope that it works for him. Having a sound sleep at night is a blessing!! Those who are enjoying it should be grateful for that!

Another very familiar face came on Saturday. Every staff member knows him. Every few weeks/months he is coming to take an antibiotic injection. He has been suffering from colitis for a long time. When it flares up, he comes and takes the injection!! He took the injection and left!

Another patient came with a sore throat! She sat in the chair and asked for an antibiotic for her throat! I examined her throat and it was mildly congested. I didn't have the mood to argue with her. Hence, I prescribed a low potency antibiotic!

At home, I had a second round of morning sleep and an afternoon nap. I couldn't walk on the treadmill. Hence, I couldn't even do 5k steps on Saturday!

Okay. That's all for today. Alhamdulillah, I am alive, healthy, and thriving. How about you?