Post-mortem

assalamualaikum warahmatullah and hi to all

yesterday (friday) i went to a post-mortem sign-up session with Louise (my PBL mate). stood there for approximately 2 hours watching the doctors did their job while keeping myself busy holding and examining 'appropriate' organs.

managed to attend to 2 bodies: the first one was an old lady, died with congestive heart failure, while the second was a young man with an epileptic history and had some damage on the inferior aspect of his left frontal cerebral cortex due to a previous surgery or trauma (i'm not sure which one).

Was the session informative for me? big YES.

Was it scary? not really.

Made me nauseous? i'd seen worse.

Will I volunteer to attend another P.M. anytime in the future? OF COURSE (well, one of the junior doctors invited me to come again next week. thinking of bringing over a couple of 1st or 2nd year medics as well)

Full stop.
vasco abdussalam


"He Who made all things good, which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his seed from a draught of despised fluid. Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit, and He appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts. Yet small thanks do you give for it!"

As-Sajdah 32:7-9

"Allah recalls souls at the time of their death, and those who have not died, during their sleep. He holds on to anyone from whom death has been decided for, and sends the others back for a specific period. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect."

Az-Zumar 39:42