Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Life.
My good friend and mentor Ananda rajah passed away today. He was in a consultation session with his student when he suffered a heartattack. I am FUCKING upset. We used to meet after work every so often and hang out with daniel, talk shop, talk crap. And the last thing he said to me was, how Shane, our next session next week okay?
Guess there won't be a next week :(
How is it NOONE who was there with him in the department when he collapsed knew CPR? It's such a basic yet important skill to have, yet noone knew how. Weren't there ANY guys there?? I freakin learnt CPR in goddamn NS! I keep blaming myself for not being in the office today, as if, somehow, i could have done something. But even then. I know those who were there did everything they could. I wish i could be there for them too.
The paramedics arrived 30 minutes after the fact. They said they got lost. Hello?? You're from freaking NUH? NUS is only one of 3 major universities in Singapore, and you don't know your way around?? Aren't there some kind of fucking "walkabouts" for such prominent areas, so AT LEAST you know how to get to the major departments??!? At least train the NUH staff to know their way around the campus goddamn it!! Just fucking no clue.
You know you watch too much TV when you expect doctors to break into their patient's houses in order to cure them (House), and paramedics and policemen risk their lives to save others (Third Watch). But you just end up being bitterly disappointed because reality is the exact opposite.
