Hazards of Smoking!
As I was doing my ward rounds over the weekend, my intern came up to me to inform me of the latest admission to her unit of care.
” A man in his 40s was admitted yesterday. There was gas leak in his house as he could smell the gas eminating from the kitchen. He decided to check out the source but the only problem was he lit up a cigaratte to smoke! He blew up in flames!”
He looked dazed probably pondering as to the hazards of smoking! Luckily, his clothes did not lit up causing a clear demarcation of the exposed and unexposed areas.
February 26th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Oh my goodness. Poor man, an innocent strike of a match! Obviously no one taught him not to light a fire when one can smell gas. Perhaps more people should educated on that. It would save a lot of lives and medical costs. It would also save the doctor’s time for something more urgent.
February 27th, 2007 at 3:38 am
dunno what to saylah….so bodoh one! One wasted case!
February 27th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Ha HA Ha! I was laughing when I heard - sounded like something you see in cartoons. He is otherwise well.
March 1st, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Goodness gracious…what a mishap! Sometimes I do funny things too without thinking …I remember one night when my brother was not around, there was no electricity and it was time to bathe my kids…the heater was not working…and definitely it is a NO NO to bathe in cold water. Aha, I said to my kids, I am sure Appachen (my brother) has a kette somewhere and true enough it was in the top kitchen cabinet. I took the kettle upstairs to boil water and I cannot believe what I did next…I just plugged it in. Guess what ……NO ELECTRICTY! Sometimes we just dont “think” even we have all the brains in the world. Good to have my kids laughing at me-XTREME EMBARASSMENT. Shermen embarasses me all the time. Yesterday, I thought while waiting for the babysitter to come, I sang him a nursery rhyme ” TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR”. Half way the song, he said ” Amma, can you sing FASTERLAAAA!” This is first time a 3 year old kid, my kid , mine, my son, gave me a comment while singing. My friend, Rena who was with me at that time had a good laugh. Later, the same day, in the evening, i took Pattrena to the clnic to see a doctor. While the doctor was checking her, Shermen said ” Can you do it FASTERLAAA!” Oh my goodness…another embarassment. I go through this all the time with little Shermen around. Real comedian.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:38 am
Mebbe’s he’s stoned on the pethidine.
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Bernard, Who the patient or Sherman, my nephew?
March 6th, 2007 at 8:13 am
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