Hi guys, i need your opinion on something.
Today i came in early in the morning from 5 am to 11 am to fill in for someone, we had exchanged our rotation schedule for this weekend (i'm filling in for him this weekend, and he's filling in for me next weekend). I was filling in for his OB/GYN rotation, so today was a general day, doing patient charts and scheduling patient pre-natal checkups, general check ups and all that.
Well, i was also given a surprise by the attending OB/GYN , he was scheduled to complete some 6 pregterms today (pregterm= pregnancy termination; surgical abortion).
I was prepped about this just and that i found out that that same OBGN wanted me to observe the first 2 pregterms because he wanted me to finish the remaining 4.
I really felt sick about it during preparation. As he was explaining the procedure, the curatives, the complications , etc, i was really feeling nauseous. I went to the locker room and got suited up for surgery, and observed my attending perform the first pregterm, the second one was quick. As he finished, he asked me if i was , "Ready" for the remaining 4 patients.
After the 2nd surgery, i asked to talk to him in the physician's office. We went there and i told him of my personal feelings, and my stance on the matter and since the pregnancy terminations were elective surgeries (meaning, i was not required to do them, but only observe), i told him that i will opt not to do the surgeries, but rather, observe only. He understood the situation and agreed to my request.
I felt so sick during the operations. My true feelings and the disgust i felt being there, at witnessing these surgeries cannot be explained in words. I also felt a sense of anger towards my friend who asked me to fill in for him this weekend. He did not tell me that he was scheduled to perform 6 elective surgical abortions.
I will need to talk to him this week about this.
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