Let me tell you a ridiculous joke.
My 90 yrs old mother-in-law had a fall in my house yesterday. So
we took her to the A&E hospital for an X-ray. The doctors
decided to admit her for a hip bone fracture and explained that she
will need an operation to put metal piece to her bone, otherwise
she may not be able to walk in future and that the close fracture
may damage the blood veins.
We had no choice but to go with the doctor advice. 3 doctors(1
doc & 2 houseman) in the ward came and attended to her As my
MIL was illiterate and speaks only teochew, we had to act as an
interpretor.
When the senior doc left, the jounior was left to attend to her
by checking if she was mentally ok. She came with a list of
standard questions in the medical form for that.
Here are some of the questions
Q1. How old are you?
Q2. Which year are you born?
Q3. Pls repeat three items as listed (we are suppose to tell her
so she can repeat. a watch, a cup and a pencil)
Q4. Do you know who are the ppl around you? (me & my
wife)
Q5. Do you know where is this place?
Q6. What is your address of your home?
Q7. What year is this year?
Q8. Who is the PM of Singapore?
etc.....
I almost blew my top on some of these questions, especially Q8
but my MIL was able to say Lee Kuan Yew.
if it was a chiobu doctor i would have made silly answers to her
n rattle her:)
when i asked the doctors who he was,,,one of them told me he
isnt a doctor ..some kinda trainee doctor...
