Hi, S.tan18
My friend who was a medic trainee at nee soon camp told me they
had to bring in goats from hay dairies and pigs from farms so that
the instructor can shoot em live, and allow the MO cadets to stop
the bleeding. I believed its to simulate battle wounds where the
bullet meets the meat.
He so happens to be the guy cleaning up the "mess" after the MO
cadets are done.
Not a very happy medic as you can guess =)
I'm pretty sure MOCC is a stay in course at nee soon camp, with
all the regimentation and stuff expected of you since you're
considered trainee. I've seen them marching through the camp
singing songs from OCS
But like what snt86 had mentioned, being qualified medical
practitioners, you can expect pretty decent treatment. Unlike the
poor guys at pulau tekong where the unknown fate awaits
them.
As for the daily routine of an MO, its mostly office hours.
Unless you're unlucky enough to be posted to a 24hr medical centre,
e.g, nee soon camp, pulau tekong, pasir labar camp, paya lebar
airbase, 125 squadron (Sembawang AB) I know there is a SAR (search
and rescue) team on 24hr standby, but i'm not sure if NSF MO's get
posted there. Basically at 24hr medical centres, MOs have graveyard
shifts.
I was from chong pang camp (further up sembawang rd from nee
soon camp) and I know the MO there had a really good life for an
NSF. The medical centre at CPC is very small, there is only room
for 1 MO, and since he was the only ranking medical staff in the
entire camp, he was pretty free from the usual chain of
command.
Driving to work at around 8.30am, he would get breakfast at the
mess which is 10m away from the Medical Centre. Work starts at
around 9am where report sick cases are prioritised according to
urgency (Highest no. of cases on monday, lowest being on friday. I
think you know why). Lunch timings are normally OTOT (own time own
target).
In the afternoon, the MO will normally attend to those with
medical appointments i.e hospital referrals, FFI (Fit For
Instructions) for overseas deployment, BMT recourse, ORD (your big
day!!), etc. Occasionally attending to some bigots (Colonels,
Brigadier Generals) from HQ.
*Take note, Its been known that when a MO takes quite awhile to
attend to these special class of "patients", a complaint from your
"upstairs" normally follows for wasting their "precious" time.
Tread carefully =)
Work ends at around 5 to 5 plus. And you can spend the evening
with your love ones while the rest of the camp stays in. =
)
Thats mostly what I know about MOs from my camp, hope it
helps.
