On the 13th of August 2010, DOT Club has given its members a wonderful opportunity to have a brief hospital attachment at Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur. This attachment was aimed to promote further medical education to the aspired members of DOT Club who wish to pursue in Medicine besides giving them an opportunity to witness the real-life situation in a hospital.

A total of 24 students hopped onto the bus which left TCSH at 2:00 p.m that Friday afternoon. Upon arrival, they were given a brief tour around the hospital. They were then showed a slideshow of heart operations that have been done in IJN before proceeding to the next activity.

The DOT members were then divided into two groups, one which proceeded to the cathlab and one which took a tour around the Operation Theatres (OT). The first group had the opportunity to visit the cathlab, which is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment used to support the catheterization procedure. These lucky students were given an exposure of a balooning procedure, a treatment designed to open blocked or narrowed arteries. This procedure can be used to treat problems in many areas of the body. The second group, on the other hand, had the chance to go for Operation Theatres tour, including the Hybrid OT, a theatre where multiple procedures could be done.

Even though the attachment was brief, the DOT members who went definitely gained more knowledge regarding the field of Medicine and had the opportunity to have an experience of what a real life situation is working at a hospital. Thank you.

Prepared by,