II.I.II COVID DIARIES Over the next week, I was somewhat busier. I’d have days where I’d be assigned to do pre-ops (the boring same old, same old), others where I’d be expected to assist in surgeries (jackpot!), and I’d have on-call shifts every four days. Only I didn’t quite get to do any of that. Just when I had started […]
General Surgery – First Day
II.I.I FIRST DAY The beginning of my second foundation year felt a bit like a fresh start. I’d be working in general surgery once again, but this time round I’d be doing it in a different hospital, on the island of Gozo. Gozo happens to be Malta’s quieter, greener, and more introspective sibling – an island that moves at its […]
START OF FY 2
START OF FY II One year over and done with, another one to go. I was looking forward to this year more than the previous one – for many reasons. First of all, I had managed to get most of the rotations I wanted, which included my two favourite specialties: neurosurgery and emergency medicine. You see, whilst neurosurgery was always […]
END OF FY 1
END OF FY I Blink once, and a year passes by. That’s exactly how it felt on my very last day as a Foundation Year 1 Doctor. All those excruciatingly long, seemingly endless hours spent at hospital distilled into a single year – which, in hindsight, felt like just a few minutes. In just one year, I went from being […]