Pulmonology Internship - 1/30/19 - 2/6/19

Both this week and last week, Park Plaza hasn't been as busy as usual. Before our school's J-Term started, Dr. Ng had about 5 to 6 people in the ICU along with patients at her private clinic. This week we went to see about 3 to 4 people in ICU and about the same amount at her private clinic before J-Term. Since I last blogged, I've gotten to see a couple of things I haven't normally been seeing, such as a wound vac as well as a bronchoscopy on some of her patients, and those have been really interesting for me. Other than that, I've been talking with Dr. Ng about common diseases during our current season since a lot of people get sick at this time and also about different doctors and the work they do since she has to work with a lot of other doctors who aren't pulmonologists.

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