"On Call"

So what does it mean to be "on call"? Basically it means you are covering the night at hospital, in whichever department you are working. The person on call starts the day as everybody else at 7:30/8:00. Then from 16:00 till the next morning, the person on call works in casualty/OPD or the wards - depending where the person is allocated. If you lucky (usually not!) and it's quiet you can get some sleep. The next morning the on-call person does normal duties until 12. After 12 you can leave and it's now your post-call day :)

I don't know how the timetable was planned coz I didn't have any calls the past 2 weeks and now I'm on call Tuesday, Friday and Sunday!

The call rooms here are not that grand (and there's been a rumour of a rat in the surgery intern call room!) so I just use a couch in the doctor's lounge. For me, the worst part about a call is having to use the bathroom! I can never ever use a public toilet so using the doctors's toilets at the hospital is just pure torture:( It's such a procedure for me - I have to using seat covers and wipes - ag I just hate it:(

Anyway enough complaining - think of me tomorrow!