Today after having a buffet with a friend of mine in Greenwish while I am in London this week, I took this photo with my motorola. It was south of River Thames. You can see Canary Wharf and some business buildings. In fact River Thame is more or less the size of Hlaing River, May be smaller than that in many points. I feel Irrawaddy is a King River.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Near London Bridge
This post does not mean anything. I took this photo a few months ago when I came out from London Bridge Tube station.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
A Cracked Pot and Maggots
The cracked pot philosophy (the previous post) is great, I believe. Again, 100% of people see maggots as disgusting creatures. Now in the field of medicine, these larvae have been used to cure some sort of ulcers. A professor claimed "Maggots are the world's smallest surgeons"
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Imperfections
This is from one of the forwarded emails. You may read it through.
Imperfections---
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arri ved on ly half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course , the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream
"I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"
"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them."
"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, t here would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
And send this to any or all of your Cracked Pot friends ! : )
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Bloody IT
Doctor recruitment website for the new system of training for junior docs to become consultants www.mtas.nhs.uk has been offline due to a big security breach after a series of errors of shortlisting the applicants.
The security breach came just a day after the department was forced to block a loophole in the site which allowed the private details of applicants to be read by anyone typing "info" after the site address.
Reuters news
I am just wondering who the responsible person is. These days, security should be top priority. I suspect those IT men don't care about our confidential data. Withot having enuogh knowledge , I have no idea why they took the contract to run doctor recruitment web service. They are really bloody IT. I think prosecution would be only option in this civilized era.
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An injection appeal in Britain
During the last week, our team had to see outlier patients. Basically I review patients first and I discussed with my consultant if needed. You may don’t know what outlier patient is. For example, if a patient with nerve or brain problem is placed in chest ward for some reason, he or she is the outlier patient of neurology and the neurologist has to go and see that patient as his outlier.
In this hospital, outlier patients are a little bit different. Those who are not medically serious and ready to go home, but still need to be sorted out their social and other issues, are put under the care of outlier team.
Well, on Last Wednesday, 36 year-old-chap who is a known multiple sclerosis came in with some minor recurrent attack. Plan was to give 5 day course of intravenous injection. He is apparently well and no reason to stay in hospital for once a day injection. So I have to organize to get intravenous injection as an out-patient.
I never thought that it was a difficult job. But in the real situation……
In fact, his wife is a sister working in our hospital. But British rules and regulations do not allow doctors and nurses to give medical care to the close relatives and next of kin.
I phoned to his GP who declined to do so. They did only intra-muscular injection in surgery, not intravenous injection.
So I tried the district nurse who normally does home visit for dressing and medication and so on. The same answer was given.
And then I contacted to the Intermediate Care Team whose function is to look after recently hospital discharged patient if needed. They said they don’t have enough capacity to do so.
There is a day treatment centre in our hospital. They said they open only 3 days a week. So not possible for 5 consecutive day injection.
A&E department is out of question. They only deal with emergency patients.
I tried MAU, Medical Assessment Unit. They declined again as they have got a great deal of workload with acute patients all the time. ( I know that fact very well)
Finally CDU in-charge sister agreed to give intravenous injection to my pity patient in her department. CDU is Clinical Decision Unit who takes GP referral. At that department, hospital doctors see patients referred by GP and deicide to admit them or not.
On that evening time, patient went home after waiting for an intravenous injection agreement for nearly the whole day.
In this hospital, outlier patients are a little bit different. Those who are not medically serious and ready to go home, but still need to be sorted out their social and other issues, are put under the care of outlier team.
Well, on Last Wednesday, 36 year-old-chap who is a known multiple sclerosis came in with some minor recurrent attack. Plan was to give 5 day course of intravenous injection. He is apparently well and no reason to stay in hospital for once a day injection. So I have to organize to get intravenous injection as an out-patient.
I never thought that it was a difficult job. But in the real situation……
In fact, his wife is a sister working in our hospital. But British rules and regulations do not allow doctors and nurses to give medical care to the close relatives and next of kin.
I phoned to his GP who declined to do so. They did only intra-muscular injection in surgery, not intravenous injection.
So I tried the district nurse who normally does home visit for dressing and medication and so on. The same answer was given.
And then I contacted to the Intermediate Care Team whose function is to look after recently hospital discharged patient if needed. They said they don’t have enough capacity to do so.
There is a day treatment centre in our hospital. They said they open only 3 days a week. So not possible for 5 consecutive day injection.
A&E department is out of question. They only deal with emergency patients.
I tried MAU, Medical Assessment Unit. They declined again as they have got a great deal of workload with acute patients all the time. ( I know that fact very well)
Finally CDU in-charge sister agreed to give intravenous injection to my pity patient in her department. CDU is Clinical Decision Unit who takes GP referral. At that department, hospital doctors see patients referred by GP and deicide to admit them or not.
On that evening time, patient went home after waiting for an intravenous injection agreement for nearly the whole day.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
UK Copyright Law:: Some facts
Basically I am not a great music fan. I hate most noisy Rap music apart from Eminem. I can't believe those stuffs have been very popular in Burma. I think in Britain where Pop is still on the top position, the rap represents only for a group of people.
I appreciate the talent of musicians. I know the stories how clever producers made money on young popsters. But sometime I feel music industry has been over-protected by copy right law whilst I understand I must obey the law. This morning, I googled the UK copy right law and I found out the following interesting points.
I appreciate the talent of musicians. I know the stories how clever producers made money on young popsters. But sometime I feel music industry has been over-protected by copy right law whilst I understand I must obey the law. This morning, I googled the UK copy right law and I found out the following interesting points.
Duration of copyright
The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration as;
1. For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.
If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available.
2. Sound Recordings and broadcasts
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was created, or,
if the work is released within that time: 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first released.
3. Films
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last principal director, author or composer dies.
If the work is of unknown authorship: 70 years from end of the calendar year of creation, or if made available to the public in that time, 70 years from the end of the year the film was first made available.
4. Typographical arrangement of published editions
25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.
5. Broadcasts and cable programmes
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made.http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Hospital and Piano
This grand piano can be seen in the main entrance hall at Queen's hospital. Some people come and play especially during the weekends.
Thanks James for the photo.
Queen's hospital and my colleague
Today I visited my colleague's blog though which I got to his flickr photos. We used to work in Queen's hospital last year. Most of the time we were in medical assessment unit, dealing with emergency medical patients and experiencing many pains and little pleasure . Now we are in different hospitals. This Queen's hospital is one of the busiest hospitals in England, with capacity of about 960 in-patients.
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