Every ward has a Bloods Folder. It is a basic ring file that holds sheets of paper with a small standard of deviation of tables on it. Each sheet is allocated a patient on the ward.
Day by day, the local resident of the ward a.k.a junior doctors fill in these sheets with results from blood tests done on each patient. Year by year, these folders go through their share of sweaty palms and spittle as they join in the ward rounds and reveal the trends of blood tests be it improving/static or worsening
Until one day, when the back bone of the folder disintegrates from the continuous handling, and the combined sweat and spittle stain its body, the folder having served its purpose opens for the last time and breaks apart.
I have not known this folder for long, neither do I know its life span. However, having cradled it and propped in between the forearm and the waist, a special bond grew and made me realise this folder needed to be properly bade farewell.
I turned it over, exposing its vulnerable white inert and produced the following... ... ...
obviously, I have been working very hard on the wards =)
Day by day, the local resident of the ward a.k.a junior doctors fill in these sheets with results from blood tests done on each patient. Year by year, these folders go through their share of sweaty palms and spittle as they join in the ward rounds and reveal the trends of blood tests be it improving/static or worsening
Until one day, when the back bone of the folder disintegrates from the continuous handling, and the combined sweat and spittle stain its body, the folder having served its purpose opens for the last time and breaks apart.
I have not known this folder for long, neither do I know its life span. However, having cradled it and propped in between the forearm and the waist, a special bond grew and made me realise this folder needed to be properly bade farewell.
I turned it over, exposing its vulnerable white inert and produced the following... ... ...
obviously, I have been working very hard on the wards =)


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