Ops not easy lei
40 to 50 patients a day at least
Patient complex and you burn your soul if u want to manage them well
Even simple hypertension now got to do ptech, healthier sg
Then confirm will have itchy skin or knee pain
Then tell u going Taiwan want standby meds
Complex one needless to say
Do 1 already sian
Sometimes I gung-ho in fcfp mood go dig and dig
Zzz. Dig a hole jump in and die there.
Hours on paper is 8 to 5
But that 8 to 5 u working and working
Go home is brain fried liao
My wife say u dun need call , regular hours , 6pm u watching Netflix liao
Why u so lazy!
Why cannot help me.
Little does she know.
Saturday worse
Collect lots of question come and ask u
Buay paiseh one.
I hate Saturdays. Work morning but Sian till evening. Like a fully day work
Clinic then somehow always go hire those lazy locums maybe becuSe who want to work on Saturdays right?
Got 1 in my clinic one sat morning see 10 patient.
Piang ey. Other pple tank her load. Sibei jialat
Sometimes I want to act like a lousy doctor but feel damn guilty
But explain everything swee sweet end up I burnout
Gp life easier la. Urti, msk, skin, simple chronic.
If 250k annual package is true.
Take it man
4 years is 1 million liao.
Say u are 30 years old
Dun go wack 2 million condo
Stay 500k
hdb
By 50 u can FIRE liao
Invest properly u likely have 5 million in stocks by 50
Even 4 percent yield gives 200k dividend
Every week chin chye locum 2 days 8k a month
Can go for long holidays
Rest of week can do what u want
Can have a fulfilling 30 years before u die.
Ops?
Burnout is real no matter what.
Full time clinican? Die as above
Leadership? Manage pple u die also. Clinic load dying u also need to help
Research? Lagi worse. Publish or perish
Education? 轮不到你。