We're not Gods.

Chi-ku-ngu-nya.

Just in case you people find it difficult to pronounce it. Sila menggunakan sebutan baku ye. Anyway, Chikungunya is an insect-borne virus that is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. Yep, Aedes tidak hanya membawa penyakit demam Dengue tetapi juga Chikungunya (cuba sebut Chikungunya banyak-banyak kali dan laju-laju. Boleh jadi tongue twister dowh~ :p) Dengue dan Chikungunya ni boleh dikatakan hampir serupa gejalanya sebab dua-dua adalah viral infection.

Okay, I'm not gonna blab what Chikungunya is all about. Rasanya lebih banyak medical sources yang lebih valid di luar sana untuk anda baca. :) Even one of the patients that I met in the clinic read BBC Health yawww~ Mantaps!

We had mini CEX with the doctor in-charge at the clinic today. She's a GP, I think. Or family medicine specialist? Idk. Socializing - I'm not good at that. Jumpa satu patient ni. Seriously sangat educated. He knows everything about his condition, from A to Z. Pastu dia ada cakap dia pernah kena Chikungunya dulu. The first thing that blurted out from the doctor's mouth was,

Dr. X: Di rumah banyak tikus pak?
Pak Y: Iya, banyak sekali...*awkward silence*
            .............. eh, tikus? bukannya nyamuk ya?
Dr. X: Iya, sama aja pak. Bisa aja tertular.
Pak Y: *kebingungan, poker face*

 Okay, tak tau nak gelak atau apa. Entah kenapa saya pulak yang rasa malu time tu. The first thing that came to my mind was, "doctor ni cakap pasal leptospirosis ke"? Obviously, the patient was not stupid and obviously, the doctor did clearly aware of the topic that the patient was talking about coz she repeated the word "Chikungunya" herself before asking that ridiculous question.

Saya bukan nak mengutuk ke apa. Yes, we are from the medical team. We thought we knew everything. Of course we do know more than what the patients know. Enam tahun bergelumangan kat medical school yaw~ But we're only humans. We make mistakes. Tapi kalau dah salah tu, lebih baik mengaku je. Tak yah nak tunjuk pandai. Coz in the end, if we ended up giving false information to the patient, it might be harmful to them. Saya sangat respek kat doktor yang mengaku "secara jujurnya saya belum pernah baca/ saya tidak tahu". We don't have to pretend like we know everything. Be humble. Kalau tak tau, cakap je tak tau. Kita cari maklumat lepas tu sampaikanlah maklumat yang benar kepada patient kita. Senang je kan? ;)

Ingatlah medical ethics yang kita pernah belajar dulu.
First, do no harm. 

Ps. Tapi agak ridiculous kalau doctor tak tau cara menular Chikungunya tu.
Pps. The doctor was from a private clinic. Not from the national hospital where I have my clinical years at. The doctors there semua sangat pandai okay. :)