Notis Penutupan

Salam.
This blog is temporarily closed until further notice.
Simply because I only have two hands, two feet, one brain, to take care of everything, including to have consecutive meetings over few days, let alone at least 2 practical classes every week which demand a lot of preparations. ( Can be up to 5 per week in certain weeks).
Thank you for those who wish on my Birthday,really appreciate it. But don't ask how would I celebrate it, I have two consecutive meetings to attend instead, one after another, on the same day, on completely different task. ( which is not related to study, of course ).
Thinking, who am I? Student?Officer?
Blogger, at the moment, just can't be added the list
As what I said, this is temporary. I might return soon,we'll see, if I manage to release everything on my shoulder. But, would I?.
Maybe, I should learn to be selfish. Selfishness is unacceptable, everyone knows that, but if everyone starts to be kind of selfish in their own way, means, everyone accepts that it as something normal, means, I shouldnt feel guilty to be selfish. Shouldnt I?..

See you, in.....weeks?months?I have no idea.

Thank you.Wassalam.

Eid Mubarak 1429H

Salam warahmatullah.
May I take this opportunity to wish everyone, Eid Mubarak, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin. Hopefully we don't only enjoy celebrating Hari Raya with open houses and food feasts. Syawal is the first month to test, either we gain something good from Ramadhan or not. hat

I've just come back from the final lecture of the day. Now waiting to go out to Rusholme to buy some ingredients to cook tonight. Well, obviously not for Jamuan Hari Raya, just for this flat. 1st Syawal this year is a bit different in comparison to previous years. I only had one afternoon lecture in the first year, then in second year, I got no class at all on Hari Raya. Yet this year, I have 3 lectures, starting at 9 am in the morning, with another 2 lectures in the afternoon. Still, I managed to perform Eid Prayer, and cooked Chicken Rendang ( using instant powder :P ) after Subuh Prayer. Well I guessed, I've got a new formula today :

Nasi himpit + Kuah Kacang + Hujan Renyai = Tidur dalam lecture ( I really did )..

Not an applicable formula, I guess. :P.

I rang my mom on Raya eve. At first she was surprised when I told her that Hari Raya in UK is on Tuesday, coz Malaysia will celebrate Eid on Wednesday.But then, she purposely listed out all the food in the fridge :

Sate Kajang ( from my Uncle in Subang Jaya ) + Tulang Kaki ( for sup tulang and sup gearbox ) + Lidah lembu ( Taste the meat first, it is super delicious ) + beef ( For kari daging which we ate with ketupat ) + ketupat pulut ( which I havent eat for 2 years coz we got no daun palas here ) + Bauhulu ( my favourite )....and the list ended with her laughing and me screaming out of jealousy. Oh mak, she just know the correct time to tease me. :P..

I'm happy that my family in Malaysia is happy, though I always wish for a much better condition all these years. Last year was a pathetic hari Raya, I was deeply depressed not because I was homesick, but because things weren't quite right in Malaysia.This year is better,though not the best. What else can I hope for?Hari Raya yang best, mcm dari kaca mata orang lain, is something impossible to achieve at this moment, something which has been ruined for years and years, something which might still persist in the coming years, only Allah knows when will I have the Hari Raya, that I always dream for all these years..

If that dream is to be true, massive changes will need to take place. and changes always come with risks. and emotional disturbances.and strong will. And continueous effort. and never give up.
I guess, Allah knows when I am ready. And I can't wait to reach that stage, at least, to see the best hari Raya which I has lost for a loong time..

Selamat Hari Raya everyone. Maaf Zahir Batin.

Wassalam.

p/s : Roti Jala + Kuah Kacang + Tiramisu

Trays and Methadone

Salam warahmatullah.
Today is Sunday, 31st of August. Happy 51st Independence Day, Malaysia!..and Farewell Sha'ban, Ahlan Wasahlan ya Ramadhan!May this Ramadhan sharpen the saw which will continue to work even after Ramadhan, Aamin.
Tomorrow is Monday, 1st of July. 1st of Ramadhan. and first day of not working after 8 weeks of being full time worker at Cohens Chemist. Faster than an eye blink, that's how time flies.
Before hand, let me update on 2 things that I've promised to you readers in the previous entries - Substance Dependency Module ( SDM ) and Monitored Dosage System ( MDS ).

Substance Dependency Module.
As what the name suggests, this module is devised for those who are dependent, or to make it clearer, addicted to a certain drug. There are many drug addicts out there, who wish to stop, to start a better life, but using willpower alone is not enough. Without helps from professionals, quitting would lead to pains - the pain to resist the temptations, and the pain to encounter the withdrawal symptoms - Muscle tremors, etc. That's why, here in the UK, most towns will have their own Community Drug Clinics, eg in Manchester and Stockport, where I worked. Those who wish to stop abusing drugs are encouraged to visit the clinics, for consultations with trained doctors. To help these patients to overcome their withdrawal symptoms, doctors would normally prescribe two types of controlled drugs - Diazepam ( Usually 5 & 10 mg ), and Methadone 1 mg/ml liquid ( Sugar Free or non Sugar Free mixture ). These patients will then take the prescriptions to the local chemist to get the medicines dispensed. And they need to come themselves to pick the medicines. If they are unable to come by themselves, they need to provide a short letter, stating the name of the name of person who come for them. And these letters are to be kept by the chemist, as a record.
These drug clinic patients would normally get a prescription for two weeks supply. So, if they need to take 4 Diazepam 5 mg tablets everyday, over the course of 14 days, they should be supplied with ( 4 x 14 = 56 tablets ). However, to prevent abuse, they are not given 2 weeks supply as a whole, they need to come and take their medicines EVERYDAY ( Excluding days which the chemist is closed such as Sunday and Bank Holiday ).If they don't come on the a particular day and turn up the next day, they will not get the supply for the previous day, they MUST COME on the days which they are instructed to, otherwise they'll miss their medications.
Likewise, the medicines prescribed for them are carefully chosen based on level of addiction. If a new patient require methadone, doctors would normally prescribe NON SUGAR-FREE METHADONE liquid, which they should take orally, and warn them on potential dangers of abuse. If they inject this liquid straight into bloodstream, they'd die because of the sugar. Afterwards, over time, the patients would be assessed on their addiction levels, if they are getting better, doctors might put them under SUGAR FREE METHADONE ( A new patient is not prescribed with this liquid to prevent them injecting to obtain a faster effect ).Throughout the course, if the patients follow the instructions and advices correctly, they might not need to come everyday, and even stop completely. That's how it works. You can't force a drug addicts to stop in one go, it's too painful, they really need professional consultations. That's where you need empathy, doctors!..
However, some people might not be satisfied with this service, not because it's inefficient, but because it uses NHS fund. Most of these patients come from low-income family, get Income Supports, get Income-Based JobSeeker Allowance, which exempt them from paying for their medicines. And these Controlled Drugs ( CD's ) are expensive. This means, taxpayers pay for these patients' medicines, which some would think unfair - working all day, struggling to pay for all kind of mortgages and insurances, and on the other side of community, some drug abusers are enjoying their medications for FREE. Aperkah???..
But, thinking it deeply, if the taxpayers don't help these patients, they might ruin others' lives with all kind of crimes, these scare people. And if these drugs addicts recover, they'd contribute to the community in all possible ways. And, we'd never know, if one day, our own children, close friends need this service..
Pros and Cons, nothing is perfect, we just need to minimize the risks.

Monitored Dosage System ( MDS ).
Everyone in the chemist, and even the patients, refer this system as `Tray (s)'. As the name suggests, tablets are placed in trays according to the time which the patients are suppose to take them. Interesting, but very tedious to prepare, need to be extra Careful.

An example of a tray. Picture taken from :
http://medicinesincareexpert.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/j0390523.jpg

This service is given for FREE for elderly patients who fall under Disability Act - such as poor vision, unable to hold their tablets properly. Those who are not entitled to this act but having problems with their medicines intake can also use this service, but with a payment of 3 GBP per week, which is not bad at all.
There are four times which patients would take their medicines - Breakfast, Afternoon, Evening, and Bedtime. The dispensers would pop out the tablets from blister packs or pour the loose tablets from their container, and place them in the correct spaces with the correct quantity. Descriptions of each tablet's appearance ( eg colous, shape, markings, scorings ) must be noted clearly and correctly. The pharmacist will the check these trays ( which means, going through each small space ) to ensure that correct tablets are dispensed. It's just SO TEDIOUS, take so long time.
I did try to prepare a tray, ONCE. Jose the supervisor would normally prepare this, but one day she showed me from the start on doing trays and let me prepare for one patient. Thanks Allah, I prepared the tablets correctly upon being checked by Sarah, the pharmacist. But, preparing the trays just make me sick - sick of thinking how miserable life would be if we don't take extra precautions with our health and lifestyles when we are still young. Imagine, for the patients whom I prepared his trays, I guess he has at least high blood pressure and diabetic.And with the conditions ( and other conditions that I don't know ), he takes about 9-10 tablets during breakfast, 4 tablets in the afternoon, and 5-6 tablets before bed.Argh, I'm sick seeing those tablets, I don't want to take so much when I get older. Maka, jagalah kesihatan, supaya tak perlu makan tablet banyak-banyak bila tua. ( Tu pun kalau sampai umur tua ).

Tomorrow is Monday. 1st of September.1st day of Ramadhan. 1st day of not working.With some scripts left untouched on Friday 29th Aug, I shall miss those yellow,white, and red baskets.

Anyway, Ahlan Ya Ramadhan! Mari mengejar pahala sebanyak-banyaknya.

Thank you. Full Stop. Wassalam.

p/s : I really need to go somewhere outside Manchester before the school starts. Any suggestion?

Kitaran hidup yang memenatkan.

Salam warahmatullah..
Saya dah berjanji dalam entry yang lepas yang saya nak tulis pasal MDS dan SDM, dan dah beberapa kali saya cuba tulis dan masuk draft, tapi tak pernah habis. Maaf, saya terlalu letih sepanjang seminggu dua ini. Rakan dispenser saya tidak datang kerja selama seminggu ( sehingga saat ini ) kerana masalah kesihatan dan masalah peribadi, yang bermaksud, kerja saya dua kali ganda!Kadang-kadang, tak sempat nak mengemaskan stok barang-barang yang sampai seperti biasa sebab prescription tak pernah henti datang. Ya, in one way, it's an advantage, sebab saya dapat berlatih dispensing lebih banyak, but still, I hope my mate get well soon.

Bila dah kerja nih, balik rumah lepas makan, asyik rasa nak tidur ja. Esok pagi pergi kerja balik. Macam tu lah hari-hari, Isnin - Jumaat. Hari minggu bangun lewat, tengok TV, masak-masak, keluar window shopping kadang-kadang. Dalam musim cuti nihlah saya dah belajar masuk kedai-kedai yang tak pernah saya masuk sebelum nih, seperti Habitat, Laura Ashley, British Home Stores, House of Fraser,GAP, Warehouse, River Island ( masuk jerlah, belinya tak jugak ).Kadang-kadang bila berada dalam kedai-kedai mcm tuh, tertanya-tanya jugak : Hello, where is Nadiah?
Rutin saya jugak berubah, termasuklah benda-benda yang saya baca. Hari-hari naik bas kul 7.30 pagi, sambar akhbar Metro percuma atas bas, makan Frozen food Morisson ( Fish pie with creamy and cheesy sauce, jacket potato with mature cheddar cheese, omelette with cheese, semua benda-benda menggemukkan ), baca majalah Closer dan Celebs yang pharmacy manager beli, sembang pasal TV program kat Channel 4 seperti Gok Fix & Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare ( Dulu tk ada TV di hall dan tak pernah tengok, kecuali X-Factor dan Britain's Got Talent ). Kesimpulannya, banyak benda yang saya tak pernah buat, saya belajar buat, secara tak langsung.
Tapi bila fikir-fikir balik, kitaran hidup sebegini, walaupun nampak relax, tapi sangat membosankan,memenatkan, dan tak bertujuan apa-apa di akhirnya.
Kerja mcm nak mati dari isnin - Jumaat, pagi - petang, waktu malam balik dinner sambil tengok TV sebelum tidur, esok kerja lagi, weekend stay in bed until 12, pergi AMC Cinema, ronda-ronda Trafford Centre & Manchester Fort, have free drinks on Saturday Nite ( not me )..Nikmati weekend selepas penat bekerja!!..
But...............FOR WHAT??

Kerja mcm nak mati. Hujung bulan duit keluar bayar mortgage. Padahal memang takkan duduk rumah tuh sampai kiamat.
Enjoy the weekend! Drinks at 1GBP. Teguk sampai exceed recommended unit. Pastuh bila addicted kena amik Antabuse ( Disulfiram ) ( Anti Abuse drug for alcoholism ). Membazir duit NHS yang subsidi ubat.Teruk lagi masuk rehab.
Let's shopping, it's summer sale!!..Last sekali masuk carboot, takpun charity shop. Fashion changes, ok?
Mari baca Closer!! The hottest Celeb Mags!..buat apa? Do those celebrities care about you?Yes if you add to their fame, join the Fan Club and you'll get the chance to enjoy exclusive holiday with your beloved celebs! ( ini kat Malaysia ).
Ready Eat Meal Make Easy.Berkapal-kapal pilihan makanan, microwaveable. Masuk saja microwave for 10 minutes, and they are ready, hot and tempting. Tak pun Chinese TakeAway.Full of MSG. Nanti bila tua-tua, bersedialah untuk makan Bendroflumethiazide, Lisinopril, and all kind of Statins - to lower your cholesterol ( Atorvastatin,Pravastatin, Simvastatin - which means you can't eat grapes or its' flavour during the course of any of these tablets ).

Kenapa saya rasa penat?Orang lain enjoy jerk.
Well to be honest, I did enjoy as well, tapi untuk apa segala enjoyment tuh?
Sempatker saya untuk menikmati segala hasil kerja yang nak mati tuh?
Pergi tengok wayang, release tension, window shopping, buy something for yourselves, yes in one way, it did make you happy, but will the happiness last forever?Till hereafter?..
Stay with your partner for 5 years, get a son to strengthen the bond, then have a grand wedding at town hall.Some choose not to hold a wedding until they got enough money for that function. Hello, you need money untuk lepas kahwin, bukannya majlis kahwin.Tujuan buat kenduri sebab nak bgtau orang kata kita dah kahwin supaya nanti takderlah tak pasal-pasal kena tangkap basah sambil pegang surat nikah, tapi sekarang nih banyak orang buat kenduri sebab nak SHOW OFF apa benda yang dia ada, seperti rumah yang lawa dan bekas hantaran yang berkilauan. Xder masalah pun nak lawa-lawa, saya pun nak lawa-lawa, but if those actually menyusahkan nak buat kenduri kahwin, buat nikah kat masjid jerk then hantar poskad dan gambar kat orang kampung : SAYA DAH KAHWIN, JANGAN PANGGIL JAWI KE RUMAH SAYA. ( Eii jangan buat tau benda nih, kurang ajar namanya )..

Penatlah. Kenapa banyak orang nak pilih cara hidup yang memenatkan dan memeningkan kepala nih?
Yups, coz we are trapped in it. We don't choose, we were already born into that net, we grow in that net.
But now we know how to use scissors, don't we?So, guntinglah segala jala-jala yang melingkari hidup kita, and see the life in a bigger perspective. The world is so small, so short, and better be prepared for the bigger life.

Thanks. Full stop.

p/s : Maaf kalau terkasar bahasa.

Third Week - Almost Halfway.

Salam warahmatullah..
Today is Friday, 8th of August 2008.
Like an eye blink, I've been working for a month, and I've got merely 4 weeks left at the Chemist..
There are so many things that I need to learn, so much about the people in the Chemist that I need to know, and 5-6 Counterpart Course Modules that I need to go through..
Anyway, obviously, I've learnt more things that I did in the first week!!..

I think, entering third week was the most interesting part, since I started to work on things other than merely labelling, dispensing, and shelving off items.
Karen, the shop coordinator, came from warehouse for routine checking - just to check whether we follow the shop's Standard Operating Procedure ( SOP ) or not. In the same time, she brought something from warehouse for me : The Assistant Log In Badge!..

Previously, I would work at the counter sometimes, mostly dealing with taking in prescriptions.
As what I mentioned in the previous post, most patients who come to the chemist are exempted from prescription charge, which costs 7.10 GBP per item.So I would just ask the patients to sign at the back of their scripts, checking all the required details, and pass the scripts to the dispenser. However sometimes there would be paying patients. I couldn't take in these prescriptions since I've got no identification badge to access the cash register. So do if patients want to pay for GSL and OTC medicines, I just could not serve them. That badge enables me to deal with the cash, HAHAHAHAHA..but there's no chance of cheating, coz at the end of the day, all the sales record are transmitted directly via Cohens Intranet to the Warehouse. Lagipun, saya kan budak baik?

Then the most challenging task arrived : Answering the phone call.
`Why would you feel nervous, you spoke very well in the interview? '
Well, both are different, really.

Cohens, as other community pharmacies, provide repeat prescription service. This applies to patients who take medicines on regular basis, such as the Statins, Levothyroxine, and Bendroflumethiazide. Firstly, patients would need to register with the chemist if they would like to use this service - totally Free Of Charge.These patients already have list of required medicines that they obtain from their GP's at the first place. Next, around 5 days before the
patients run out of their supplies, they will call the Chemist to order what they need. The Chemist, who also has a copy of their repeats, will take the orders to the Surgery. In the case of Cohens Chemist at Cheadle Heath, the surgery is few doors away. If the patients' doctors are not within walking distance, then Cohens will use its' driver to send the order. The surgery will then prepare the scripts, which in turn based on the Patient's Medication Record ( PMR ). If a patient already have a full pack of dispersible Aspirin which can last for 28 days, and he/she order another box the week after,this usually (not all the time ) shows drug abuse, and GP would normally reject that order. GP's would take up to 42 hours to prepare the scripts ( They are busy with other patients too ). The Chemist would the collect the scripts and prepare the medicines. In Cohens, patients can choose to collect the medicines themselves or use the free delivery service, which operates in the afternoon, Monday to Friday.

So, the first step in repeat prescription service is to take the order!!..
When patients call for their orders, there is one important thing that I must get right, otherwise the call will take such a looong time : their SURNAMES.
All the repeat forms are kept in a file, and they are arranged alphabetically based on the surnames. I've a few times mistaken the patients' names : Thorley & Horley, Henshaw and Enshaw, etc. At the end, I just ask them to spell their surnames, senang cerita.
The next bit is to get their orders right. This is alright, most of the time, the patients just understand what I say.But....................

I picked up a call from her lady who order for her husband and herself. At the end of the conversation, I'd just go through the list of ordered medicines again. And, she happened not to get what I said. And even apologize, saying that she's a bit deaf. And ask me to pass the phone to someone else. I passed the phone to Jose then.
Jose then went through the list of medicines again, my voice was apparently louder than hers on phone.When the conversation ended, Jose just turned to me, nodding her head :

`I know sometimes it's quite difficult to get what people are saying because of different accents that we use. But to be honest, you spoke exactly the same way as me. I don't see why she can't get you'..

Never mind. At least I knew that I said things correctly.But till now, I seldom pick up phone calls, unless if Sarah, Jose, and Mo are really occupied. I still feel nervous, to be honest.

Next : Monitored Dosage System and Substance Dependency Module. In the coming entry.

Maas Salamah, Ilal Liqa. C ya then!!..

Many thanks. Full stop.

p/s : I've noticed that some people have found the previous entry( and maybe this entry too ) when they google for information about Cohens Chemist.Bare in mind that I wrote based on my own observations and experience, which might not match the ideal or perfect descriptions of services as explained in Cohens Official Website itself.Please always refer there.

First week of summer placement - Loving every single moment..

Salam warahmatullah..
I seldom write on myself, what am I doing at Manchester, and even at home..But I just noticed that some others are reading my blog to know my current activities simply because they can't access Friendster or Facebook..My Cousins, Abang-abang, and kakak-kakak..( They are already 30's, busy working and busy with anak-anak, Friendster and Facebook are just not in the list to surf )..so I guess I should write some bits on myself..
I'm at Manchester, at the moment. Just arrived from Malaysia last week.3 weeks in Malaysia is obviously not enough to satisfy all the desires which have been kept deep in heart for the last one year. Yet, to reject the offer from Cohens Chemist is a total waste, why not working, gain some pocket money and exposures?Plus, I might have some problems with the coming JPA allowance coz I've just sent the exam result, hope not..I didn't purposely delay it, what for?The result arrived late at home!..
Pharmacy Summer Placement is a special programme designated for Pharmacy students in the UK.During summer holiday, the pharmacy students can apply for placements at numerous community pharmacies such as Boots, Lloyds, Rowlands, Cohens,Co-Op, etc..some might apply to hospital and pharmaceutical companies but the places are very-very limited..I did apply to Boots as what most others did, since it offers the most places, yet I was rejected!!..It was quite frustrating since me ( and others ) spent plenty of time trying to figure out good answers for all the short-essay questions in the application form..However Alhamdulillah, Cohens unexpectedly call me for an interview,and offered me a place about a month later. Thanks Allah that I've got Stockport!..Boots would just campak the students to all over branches around UK, while Stockport is just one hour from Manchester!..
On Friday before placement starts, I visited the chemist. It took about one hour plus from Rusholme,the place I'm currently residing, so means, I need to get out by 7.30 am in the morning!..The Pharmacy manager was not there since she was on holiday, only the locum pharmacists, pre-reg student, Counter Assistant,and dispenser were present. They were ( and still ) very nice, the dispenser even showed me the space which I can use to pray...

Cohens Chemist, Branch No 027, Cheadle Heath, Stockport..

Monday, 07/07/08.
Quite an embarassing start. I arrived at 9.10 am,simply because I missed the bus!..But everyone seemed to understand the condition of a new worker ( kalau kat Malaysia sure kena sindir habis-habisan )..I met the pharmacy manager, Sarah Thomstone. She's nice, cute, and pretty too. She showed me all parts of the pharmacy, including the dispensary and the staff room. Cohens' head office at Bolton then rang Sarah to see either I turn up or not, and asked for my training contract. Ops, what's that?I just had an offer letter which was sent before Easter. Apparently, they sent a pack of training and employment contract to my previous student address. My bad, not telling them that I moved out last month! But the supply from Head Office Warehouse would arrive everyday, so they'd just dispatch a copy of the contract along. I was taught to do all sorts of job today, which include checking the invoice of new stock,putting medicines on shelves, labelling, and dispensing. It was quite busy in the pharmacy. Cheadle Heath Surgery is just a few door away, so patients would come with their prescriptions to this pharmacy after seeing their GPs ( General Practitioners ). Even without any patient coming, Sarah and the dispenser are still occupied, dispensing prescriptions for delivery. Cohens Chemist offers Repeat Prescription and Free Delivery. The pharmacy staff would collect the prescriptions from the GPs ( Cheadle Heath Surgery ), dispense the scripts, and deliver to the patients, for free. Thus, patients do not need to come to GPs to collect their scripts, and have their medicines delivered to their doorsteps. This applies to those who require regular medication, eg weekly, or monthly. What a good service, improves compliance...Someone asked me about praying in the pharmacy. Well, at first I thought of using a space in dispensary area during lunch break since everyone would be in staff room, but Sarah then offered Consultation Room. Bagus kan?I really love my first day, albeit tiredness made me sleep at 10 pm..

Tuesday, 8/7/08
I think I started to handle all incoming supplies today. The pharmacy received supplies from two main warehouse : The Head Office Warehouse at Bolton, and Unichem at Preston. Unichem would normally send stock twice : Morning and evening. I need to check the invoice,putting them on shelves, and alert Sarah if owing items arrive. Owing items are medicines that were unavailable for patients on the previous day and have just been ordered, so patients need to return to collect them. I know this job is quite boring and very tedious, it takes such a long time just to empty all the arrived containers. But this is one good way to know the medicines and their locations. Well at least I've got to know some very popular medicines..Simvastastin,Artovastatin,Lanzoprazole,Omeprazole,Levothyroxine,Amlodipine,Amytryptaline, Persantin Retard,Ipatropium bromide inhaler, Betnovate cream....and the list goes on and on..

Wednesday, 9/7/08
I received the training contract module today, just aware of what actually I'm going to do in these 8 weeks. I am hired to work at the dispensary, but at the same time, Cohens fund me to follow a course named : Counterpart Pharmacy Assistant Development Course. There are 15 modules to be completed, incompletion will cause me to fund the course myself. If I qualify, I am entitled to Medicines Counter Assistant, which authorize me to sell and suggest Over The Counter ( OTC ) products to patients. Sounds `WOW', but there's just too much to read. I've just finished one module,to date..

When I first arrived everyone called me `Siti' coz Cohens did not put my middle name..no no call me Nadiah, that sounds better :)..

I've found the most expensive medicines, I ever encounter today. It was Sodium Bicarbonate solution, 100 ml cost 114 POUNDS, and the patient was given 3 bottles! And to my surprise, that patient did not pay at all coz she's exempted, she's above 60 and apparently pay 0 cent for her medication. According to the script, that solution is used to dissolve Omeprazole capsules. Sarah just dispense it coz that's was prescribed by the GP, and they noted that the item is expensive, but they don't care so much on the cost : The Prescription Pricing Authority will pay. Omeprazole is not usually taken that way, this lady might be one of special case..Oh Ya, the pharmacy is closed at 6 today ( normally 6.30 ), so Mo, the pre-reg student, offered me a lift..I arrived home half an hour earlier than usual, to find out that the dinner was ready, Thanks Linda & Kak Atun!!..

Thursday, 10/7/08
I started to be at the counter today, but I can't do any selling even for non-medicines product coz I have no security barcode for cash register. I would read through the module, hoping that I would remember all the details to answer the questions ( which I'm afraid, is not the case at the moment ). When patients come with scripts, I would check the details, ask them to sign, and give the scripts to the dispensary. Mo will usually do the labelling and dispensing, Sarah will do the final check and issue the medicines to patient. She would give some advices on the medications if necessary. I noticed that so many patients are exempted, means they don't have to pay at all even if they have 10 items on their scripts!..under 16, full education, expecting and new mothers,above 60, patients with income tax support, job seekers, NHS Tax Exemption Certificate..banyaknya NHS ( National Health Service ) bayar untuk ubat!..Even if they have to pay, one item only costs them 7.10 Pounds, even for very expensive item such as Sodium Bicarbonate Solution just now. At the end of the month, pharmacies will send all the scripts to Prescription Pricing Authority ( PPA ), to get reimbursed of the actual price.You can see that there's no competition of price between pharmacies, they'll get the same payments for the same items from PPA..Patutlah kalau NHS tak ada, ramai orang marah dan berdemonstrasi..

Friday,11/7/08..
A lady came with a script for Compression Hosiery.She seemed to be a regular customer. Mo called her to the consultation room to get her leg measured, and took me along.I'm not sure for whar reason was she prescribed the hosiery, but according to the product's description, that hosiery was supposed to control severe varicous vein and moderate oedema ( please google for further details ).Oh gosh,luckily my face did not turn surprise upon looking at her leg otherwise she might feel insulted. A person might have kulit yang sangat cerah, sampai nampak segala vein dan arteri ( salur darah ). That lady too ( obviously, she's English ). But the scratch of green veins are everywhere, not smooth. Boleh nampak garisan-garisan hijau di merata-rata, ada dekat pergelangan kaki, ada dekat atas sikit, ada bawah lutut. Her blood vessels might be blocked, somewhere. Embolism maybe ( not sure, medico please correct ). Compression hosiery is just to help with the problem, like wearing a tight stocking from toe to below knee cap to give an effect to the blood vessel.But that lady seemed fine with that condition, even making joke out of it..I slept late that night, it's weekend!!!..

Weekend..
Bahagianya..wake up at 9, takyah kejar bas, takyah prepare lunch pack, tengok movie dengan Kak Atun dan Kak Zy..surf here and there..

Monday 14/7/08
Not really a good day. Still in weekend mood. Not much can be done today. Few deliveries, few incoming supply. Spent some time reading the second module. Christ, the Counter Assistant was there to help me, since Sarah was always occupied.Chris tried to answer the questions in the workbook. No Chris, don't tell me the answers, I'm suppose to answer myself!..It wasn't really a good day, no mood, keep looking at the clock. I need to work until 6.30 pm for two weeks, coz on Tuesday I need to take a half day off, have some matters to be sorted out..Redha sajalah..nak gaji punya pasal..

Hmm..shall come with more updates soon. Might write everyday if I encounter some other interesting situation..

Cheers, mate!..

Terima kasih.Full Stop. Wassalam..

p/s : National Insurance Interview in half an hour..permudahkanlah, kalau tak lambat dapat gajilah aku bulan nih..

Sayang Kamu, Jody, Joshua, Jacinta..

Salam warahmatullah..
Sudah seminggu lebih saya berada di Malaysia..Alhamdulillah, tahun nih, Allah meringankan beban, saya tak rasa kesan jet-lagged langsung..baru sampai rumah Selasa petang, malamnya terus bergerak keluar ke Farmasi Teratai, esoknya di Kangar, Lusanya di Langkawi, program penuh selalu..dan duit juga mengalir lebih laju daripada air..daripada berkeping-keping note biru, balik sehari dari Alor Setar tinggal sekeping, minyak saja dah hilang sekeping, adeh...pening kepala dengan harga barang di Malaysia sekarang..KL lagilah berserabut kot..
Di rumah, antara benda yang saya suka buat ialah tengok balik gambar-gambar lama..
Gambar-gambar zaman sekolah dulu..zaman muda-muda..
Sekali saya jumpa gambar ni. Gambar yang dah lama saya cari.Gambar nih dah berusia 10 tahun.

Dari kiri : Joshua, Jacinta, Nadiah, dan Jody. Medan Ikan Bakar Kuala Perlis, 1998.

Joshua, Jacinta, dan Jody. Tiada dalam gambar : Ayahbid dan Auntie July. Mereka dari Sydney, Australia. Sebelum nih saya dah jumpa mereka dalam tahun 1994. AyahBid sangat rapat dengan mak saya. Kerana AyahBid ialah bapa saudara saya, abang kandung mak saya. Auntie July ialah ibu saudara saya. Dan Joshua, Jacinta, Jody ialah sepupu-sepupu saya..AyahBid dah jadi warganegara Australia kalau tak silap saya, takpun permanent resident. Menetap di sana. Balik Malaysia setahun sekali. Tapi sejak tahun 1998 tuh, saya dah tak pernah jumpa sepupu-sepupu saya lagik..
2 tahun lepas rasanya, Jody datang melawat keluarga saya di Perlis. Saya berada di Sunway pada waktu itu, tidak sempat ketemu. Saya tanya mak : Jody datang dengan siapa?
Mak cakap : dengan suami dan anak diorang. Dalam bercuti.Lepas nih nak ke Jepun
Saya cakap : Suami dan anak?Bila masa kahwin?Sapa laki tuh?nama macam orang putih.
Mak cakap dengan nada perlahan : Laki dia bukan Islam.Kahwin daftar kat Australia.
Saya : Tersenyap..

Saya tidak tahu apa keadaanya, Joshua dan Jacinta..
Saya rasa, situasinya sama juga macam Jody..
Apa khabar kamu sepupu-sepupuku? Moga masih punya rahmat islam di hatimu..
Saya tahun lepas merancang untuk pergi ke Australia tahun ini, tapi sayangnya tidak berkesempatan tahun nih..
Mungkinkah tahun depan?hope so..

Jumpa saya nanti, Jody, Joshua, dan Jacinta!..Moga Allah kekalkan kita dalam jalan ke syurga..

Sekian. Terima kasih.Full stop.

p/s : tima kasih kepada wireless orang sebelah..

Catatan dari KLIA..

Salam warahmatullah..
Saya berada di KLIA sekarang, menunggu pesawat pulang ke Alor Setar.
Nak buat macam mana, Kangar terlalu canggih dan padat, lapangan terbang pun tak ada, terpaksalah mak saya pergi ambil saya di Kepala Batas..
Semalam, Isnin 9/6, pesawat saya dari Dubai sampai ke Manchester. Abang ipar Kutubad datang ambil saya dan Kutubad, dan bawa kami pergi makan. Sedap benar, Nasi dengan ikan tiga rasa, sotong masak kerabu, kailan ikan masin, dan sambal belacan semestinya!..Nyum Nyum..
Hari ini, Selasa 10/6, Kutubad dan kakak, abang iparnya pergi rumah makcik mereka di Nilai, & they dropped me off at KLIA, at 11.30 am.
Selepas check in,saya pusing-pusing, tak tahu nak buat apa.
Nampak Cafe Ritazza, saya taknak masuk, tak suka kopi dia..yg lain,seperti biasa, McDonald's, KFC,Sandwich Cafe..
Saya pusing-pusing lagi..bosan...
Saya seperti sedikit kehairanan,saya berada di lapangan terbang Kuala Lumpur,namun saya tidak rasa suasana Kuala Lumpur tuh..
Saya mencari makanan Malaysia..di manakah makanan Malaysia??..
Saya mencari nasi campur..saya cari mee goreng mamak, saya cari kedai yang serve teh o ais limau..mana kedai-kedai tuh??..
Ok..pengumuman dah ada.Pesawat dah bersedia untuk berlepas...
Tataaa....

Terima kasih.Full stop.

p/s : Food...Food...Food..

Observation.

Salam warahmatullah..
Saya sepatutnya belajar untuk kertas terakhir sekarang, tapi betul-betul not in the momentum..

Seseorang menegur saya di YM tidak berapa lama dahulu..memberitahu..

`Gempaq aa blog'..

Saya seperti terpinga-pinga.Gempaq means menakut-nakutkan dalam loghat utara. Kalau gempak, saya faham..

`Take that as compliment'..

Ok, that's gempak, not gempaq.

Gempak sangat ka?Full of simple things..
Saya bukannya rajin membaca buku. Atau menghayati sastera. Atau membaca blog-blog orang lain.Atau menulis cerpen dan artikel..

Saya hanya suka..memerhati dan membebel atas apa yang saya perhatikan..

Observation and serendipity - a gate of discovery, at least for drug...

p/s : 5 minutes left to Subuh.Manfaatkan.

Lasagna,Poverty, NHS, & Welfare State..

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah...

Malam ini, dinner saya, Meaty Lasagna, dari PizzaCo, Oxford Road.Apa rasanya?Bolehlah, mengisi perut dengan sesuatu yang lain tanpa perlu memasak, kalau tidak asyik seketul ayam dan kentang yang murah dari Pakcik Gemini.

Meaty Lasagna. Bersama Sweet Chilli Sauce.Saya tambah sendiri.Sos cili PizzaCo x sedap.

Bila tengok lasagna nih, teringat suatu insiden yang berlaku saat saya pergi membeli makanan ini senja tadi.

Saya memang merancang nak masak, asalnya. Maka saya keluar sebentar, hajat ingin membeli susu, foil aluminium, sedikit keropok mungkin, sebab dah tak ada benda lain yang boleh saya kunyah selain hampir 50 biji tablet Calcichew yang sedap dikunyah dengan perasa orennya tetapi bahaya kalau overdose sebab setiap tablet ada 500 mg Calcium.
Bila ke kedai untuk membeli foil aluminium tuh, saya nampak PizzaCo yang selang beberapa kedai sahaja dari situ. Mengenangkan kerja yang ada lagi, mengenangkan lama juga saya tak menjengah ke situ, maka malaslah nak masak, let's treat yourself tonite!..
( Walaupun duit sekarang hanya elok-elok saja untuk bayar bil telefon dan bertahan hingga hujung bulan. Orang lain yg saya berhutang, tunggu hujung bulan nih ya :P ).
Keluar dari premis kedai yang terkenal dengan khidmat photocopy semurah 2p/copy, saya menghala ke PizzaCo.Namun di pertengahan jalan di hadapan semua kedai, saya lihat 3-4 orang berkerumun di situ.Kemudian saya nampak jugak kehadiran kereta peronda polis ambulans.
Saya turut terhenti di situ, seketika.Ada satu lembaga yang sedang terbaring di hadapan kedai muzik yang dah tutup tu.Terlindung dengan jaket, tak dapat dipastikan lelaki atau perempuan.Polis ambulans dengan sopannya mengejutkan lembaga tersebut, cuba mendudukkan dia, dan mula bertanya butir peribadinya. Oh, namanya Leo. Lelaki rupanya.
Saya bertanya kepada orang yang berada di situ, apa yang berlaku?Rupanya, mereka yang berada di situ juga seperti saya, cuma lalu-lalang di situ.Mereka nampak lelaki yang terbaring ini, seperti sudah mati, tidak bergerak langsung. Maka mereka meminta kedai photocopy tadi menelefon ambulans. Sungguh prihatin.
Berdasarkan perbualan polis ambulans dengan lelaki tersebut, seperti yang dijangka, Leo ini tidak ada rumah. Dan orang di kawasan tersebut memang selalu nampak dia meminta-minta makanan di kedai-kedai di kawasan itu.Cuma kali ini, dia nampak seperti orang yang sudah mati, tidur tanpa ada sebarang pergerakan yang menunjukkan pernafasan pun, atas jalan yang sejuk, berselimutkan jaket yang nipis, di hadapan premis yang sudah pun tamat waktu operasi hariannya, dengan 3-4 kedai makanan segera berhampirannya.
Saya tinggalkan sebentar.Masuk pizzaco.Tunggu lasagna.Tengok laporan berita sukan. Everton 0, Chelsea 1. Tak hairanlah. Kalau vice versa, baru pelik kot.
Lasagna dah siap.Saya keluar.Belok kiri.Nak balik hostel.Nampak ambulans National Health Service.Ada 2 orang tengah memapah lelaki tersebut masuk ke ambulans NHS.Yang menyentuh hati, lelaki tersebut tak boleh gerakkan kakinya langsung.Kedua-dua kakinya seperti terlekat sewaktu dipapah.Kakitangan NHS yang memapahnya cuba memaksanya menggerakkan kaki untuk memudahkan dia berjalan ke ambulans.Akibatnya ada satu ketika sebelah kakinya seperti menendang ke hadapan, seolah tak mampu mengawal kakinya sendiri.Saya tengok dari jarak yang agak dekat.Sampai pintu belakang ambulans tersebut tutup.Asalnya, nak tangkap gambar. Tapi, taknaklah. Sudah cukuplah dia sengsara dengan keadaannya yang macam tu, tak perlulah saya ambil gambarnya sebagai simpanan peribadi.Kalau Leo itu saya, rasa terhina dibuatnya kalau orang ambil gambar saya dalam keadaan tak berdaya macam tu.
Saya jalan balik rumah.Dalam perjalanan, ada kedai makan Abduls'.Kedai nasi yang sedap.Harga nasi kat situ, paling kurang 4 GBP. Saya singgah kedai pakcik Salam, beli susu.Dalam beg plastik saya, ada Lasagna dan susu whole milk 2L, harga keseluruhan 4 GBP jugak.
Saya habiskan 4GBP untuk dinner sahaja malam ini. Orang yang membeli di Abduls', habiskan paling kurang 4GBP untuk sekali makan. Leo tadik, mungkin berhempas pulas melawan kesejukan dan pandangan hina orang lain, meminta-minta dan merempat dari satu kedai ke satu kedai, hanya untuk mendapatkan sesuap cebisan makanan.Dan mungkin, hanya secebis sahaja yang dia dapat, dalam sehari.Mungkin kerana itu, dia berhibernasi, di mana sahaja kakinya berpijak.
Ini postulate saya.Tak tahulah kes betulnya macam mana.
Antara dua darjat.Enjoyment and suffer.Wujud di atas satah yang sama.Bukan hanya di Manchester.Kuala Lumpur apatah lagi.Sejauh mana pun kemajuan sesebuah negara, sejarah, dan keadaan sekarang membuktikan, tetap akan wujud golongan yang dengan seronoknya menikmati kehidupan, dan tetap akan wujud golongan yang asyik bertanya : bilakah aku akan mati untuk mengakhiri penderitaan ini?

Saya harap Lim Guan Eng dapat benar-benar merealisasikan apa yang dia katakan : ingin mencontohi Khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz.Khalifah yang pada zamannya, walaupun hanya dua tahun, namun tiada penduduk yang layak menerima zakat.Wang zakat berlebihan..
Khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz bukanlah seperti Khalifah Umayyah lain yang terkenal dengan perluasan kuasanya, ataupun terkenal dengan kehebatan perkembangan ilmu pada zamannya.Umar Abdul Aziz sangat terkenal dengan keadilannya, mengutamakan rakyat dan tanggungjawab sebagai pemerintah.Dan pada zaman inilah, seluruh rakyat, menikmati kehidupan yang baik..
See, lihat bagaimana nak membolehkan seluruh rakyat menikmati pembangunan?Dengan menjadi ADIL.
seluruh Rakyat itu, umpama badan manusia.Fitrahnya, manusia itu berkembang, dan membangun, dari kecil, sehingga besar.Segala projek-projek pembangunan,Rancangan Malaysia,Koridor-koridor,Projek mega, hanyalah substrat yang akan bertindak balas dengan enzim-enzim dalam badan Tanpa distribution substrat yang seimbang dan adil dalam badan, dari jari kaki, ke kulit kepala,maka metabolisme juga tidak seimbang.Akibatnya, tangan mungkin membesar kerana begitu aktif sel-selnya bermitosis,kaki pulak mungkin mereput,apabila sel-sel yang mati tidak diganti. Rakyat mungkin bangga, dengan tangan yang besar,boleh masuk boxing,senjata tumbukan maut. namun apakah gunanya, kalau tidak mampu berdiri untuk lawan boxing, dengan kaki yang mereput tuh?..Seorang rakyat mungkin boleh berasa bangga, melihatkan unjuran-unjuran ekonomi, melihatkan tingginya peratusan GDP,melihatkan ramainya pelabur asing yang datang, namun apa gunanya kalau tiada wang yang dirasa di tangan??..Apa gunanya kalau harga minyak tak naik tapi harga beras naik mendadak?..
Dulu PM cakap : harga minyak naik, ubah cara hidup.
Sekarang : Harga beras naik, mari ubah cara hidup, tolak nasik tanam jagung,tanam ubi keledek.

Atas sebab semua inilah, maka wujudnya gagasan, mewujudkan negara berkebajikan, mengutamakan rakyat dalam semua hal. Dalam soal kesihatan misalnya, sistem National Health Service yang dilaksanakan di UK, merupakan antara contoh yang sering dilihat, sebab kebanyakan servis terutamanya untuk golongan yang susah, adalah percuma.Untuk stop smoking pun,percuma.Untuk international student pun, boleh mohon untuk dapatkan khidmat rawatan percuma.Sekolah anak-anak postgrad pun, percuma..bersalin pun, percuma.Balik Malaysia mau kena RM 1000 lebih..
Namun, dalam nak ambil contoh negara berkebajikan nih, kena ambil yang baik, kaji betul-betul sistemnya.Sebab NHS pun dah terbukti ada lompong dalam perlaksanannya.
Saya bukanlah orang yang banyak sangat membaca.Cuma pasal NHS ini, saya baru seminggu dua belajar Self Care, satu mekanisme yang diterapkan oleh Department of Health UK,untuk menggalakkan rakyat menjaga kesihatan sendiri, untuk mengelakkan pesakit daripada terus-menerus menyerbu NHS centre, because NHS is running out of resources...Servis yang percuma menyebabkan orang tidak menghargainya. Wujud kumpulan yang digelar, Doctor seeker.Mereka nih, dalam apa jua hal pun, sakit sikit-sikit saja pun, pergi cari GP.Akibatnya, kebanyakan doktor hanya berurusan dengan penyakit batuk-demam, dan kurang masa untuk pesakit lain yang lebih kronik. Dan jugak, NHS masih tetap kena bayar untuk GP's yang berurusan batuk-demam nih, sedangkan batuk-demam nih boleh diatasi sendiri kalau patient pergi saja ke pharmacist mintak Over The Counter Medicines, consult saja dengan pharmacists.NHS is running out of money for very simple diseases. Jadi kerana itu Department of Health mewujudkan Self Care, to educate patient to treat themselves in case of minor ailments, tak perlulah benda kecik-kecik pun nak jumpa GP. In one way, this reduces the payment that NHS need to pay to GP's, dan mewujudkan masyarakat yang sihat secara keseluruhan..
Beruntung jugak kita nih negara yang tak membangun sangat. Kita dapat lihat apa yang negara membangun telah lakukan,ambil pengajaran, dan improvise..Masalah yang dihadapi oleh NHS sekarang membuktikan bahawa, PERCUMA walaupun nampak dan dengar macam best, tapi dalam jangka masa panjang,kebajikannya tidak mampu berterusan.Perlu diingatkan dan ditekankan bahawa untuk menjadi sesuatu yang berkebajikan, maka pokok pangkalnya bukannya PERCUMA, atau SUBSIDI,atau HADIAH atau BONUS atau GANJARAN tetapi ADIL, iaitu meletakkan sesuatu perkara,sesuai pada tempatnya...

Licin.Selepas 15 minit.

Saya tengok bekas lasagna yang kosong nih. Masih ada sisa.sedikit.Saya mungkin basuh saja bekas nih,dan simpan.Atau kalau malas nak simpan, buang saja untuk recycle.Bekas plastik tak elok pakai banyak kali.
Tapi orang-orang seperti Leo, ataupun pengunjung setia tong-tong sampah besar di lorong-lorong belakang di Kuala Lumpur, mungkin mengharapkan saya buang bekas ini terus, tanpa cucian, dengan sisa yang masih ada.Kerana mungkin, mereka dapat menikmati, cebisan yang saya tinggalkan, dalam bekas ini..
Yang mana satu, patut saya buat?..

Wallahua'lam.Alhamdulillah kepada Yang Maha Kuasa, yang memberi ilham, melalui perantara bernama Leo, di luar PizzaCo..

Terima kasih.Full stop.

p/s : Jadilah manusia yang berfikir tentang kejadian di sekitar kamu.

Dispensing separation - Rebellion of a pharmacy student

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah..
Lama benar saya tidak update blog kan..
Macam saya cakap dalam shout box haritu, bukannya sibuk sangat, cuma bila buku-buku belajar dan ilmiah yang lain pun tak cover lagik, rasa bersalah nak luangkan masa utk blog..
Ohh..adakah maksudnya saya dah habis ulang kaji? Semestinya TIIIDDAAKKK!!..
Masalah betul nak belajar..bila mengadap buku, mata layu, maka bukaklah youtube, even baca harakahdaily pun, segar semula..kemudian bila mengadap lecture notes balik, maka dia mula menguap kembali..mungkin saya kena invent satu ubat utk lecture-notes & textbooks intolerances, haha..

Ok-ok..ada satu isu yang menarik di Malaysia sekarang..tapi banyak orang tak tahu, sebab hanya NST dan The Star yang asyik siarkan isu ini..isu tentang Dispensing Separation, isu yang telah diperjuangkan oleh Malaysia Pharmaceutical Society( MPS ) bertahun-tahun lamanya, dan muncul kembali sekarang, mungkin sebab dah dapat Menteri Kesihatan yang baru yang bukan doktor mahupun pharmacist, huhu..

MPS menuntut supaya ahli farmasi mendapat sepenuhnya hak untuk dispense ubat.Memang itu tugas profesional pharmacist pun. Jika ini dilaksanakan, maknanya doktor-doktor di klinik persendirian tidak akan dibenarkan dispense ubat. Doktor hanya akan prescribe ubat, dan patient akan ambil ubat itu di farmasi.
Perhatikan, saya tulis : `doktor-doktor di klinik persendirian'. Ini kerana sistem sebegini sudah pun dilaksanakan di hospital kerajaan dan hospital persendirian yang besar. Sebab tuh dekat hospital kita nampak pembahagian yang jelas antara unit klinik dan jabatan farmasi. Tetapi perkara ini peliknya tidak berlaku di sektor swasta- doktor masih boleh dispense ubat. Yang menimbulkan persoalan : apahal discriminate nih?Adakah doktor dekat hospital lagi rendah tarafnya dari doktor klinik smp dia takleh dispense ubat? Adakah pharmacist dekat community pharmacies ilmunya kurang dari pharmacists dekat hospital sampai x dapat sepenuhnya hak utk dispense?..

Mungkin ada yang bertanya : Apahal ko sibuk dan passion sangat pasal nih?Most of pharmacy students even kat Malaysia pun tak bising pun pasal nih, tak sedar pun...
Jawapan saya : Saya passion sebab ini bukan hanya berkait dengan profession saya, saya bising sebab ia telah menjadi hidup saya, masih menjadi hidup saya, dan akan terus berada dalam hidup saya!Sekurang-kurangnya dah dekat 20 tahun..

Kedua-dua ibu bapa saya merupakan community pharmacists, dan mereka buka farmasi sendiri, di Kangar dan Langkawi. Farmasi pertama mula dibuka pada 1989 di Kangar, dan merupakan satu-satunya farmasi bumiputera di Kangar pada waktu itu. Kami tinggal di rumah kedai,tingkat atas buat rumah, tingkat bawah buat farmasi.Keliling kami mana ada keluarga melayu ( Kedai melayu adalah, tapi keluarga melayu semua dok taman, keluarga cina saja nak duduk rumah kedai mcm tuh )..jadi waktu kecil kawan-kawan sepermainan kami semuanya budak cina, india..petang-petang main lompat tali ( zero-point,zero jump, zero chocolate ) dengan kawan-kawan cina dan Sikh kat tepi kedai, time tak ramai orang dekat kedai ( tima ramai orang mak marah, tak kasik, kacau customer lalu lalang )..sungguh kami gembira bermain sama, x ada masalah pun berlainan bangsa, malah kakak kat farmasi pernah kasik saya penampar sulung bila saya celupar dengan tokey cina kedai makan sebelah ( wooho, mulut saya sangat laser dulu )..farmasi itulah hidup saya, tapak permainan saya, tapak saya bersosial dan berkawan-kawan.Kakak-kakak kat farmasi dah rapat lebih dari keluarga sendiri, kebanyakkanya dah kerja dekat 10 tahun, yg kasik penampar dekat saya tuh dah 16 tahun kerja dengan kami ( sebab tuh paling baik dengan dia, hee ), salesmen pun dah baik dengan kami budak-budak kat situ, ada salesmen tuh yg saya kenal dari saya tinggi paras pinggang dia sampai saya sama tinggi dengan dia, selalu membantu mak saya dalam urusan bisness..

Farmasi Teratai Kangar, di lokasi sejak 10 tahun lepas..tapi rumah bkn kat sini, kat tmn dah..


Kakak di tengah tuh dah 16 tahun kerja.Dia jugaklah yang telah menampar saya dulu, dan kakak saya juga ( kerana mulut kami sangat best ).Mak sangat bagus, dia tidak pernah menampar kami tapi dia buat tak heran pun bila kami ditampar oleh orang lain kerana kebiadaban kami.Saya sangat menghargai penamparnya.

Saya telah dengar tentang isu dispensing right ni sejak saya sekolah lagi. Saya selalu ke ofis mak dan baca surat yang dihantar oleh MPS - Addressing this issue.Dah bertahun-tahun dah.

Saya rasa agak `hot' membaca artikel dalam NST Online bertarikh 31/3/2008, bertajuk :
A need for 24-hour pharmacies.
Artikel ini menyiarkan hasil temuramah dengan dua individu dari dua organisasi penting yang terlibat dalam isu dispensing separation : MPS dan MMA ( Malaysian Medical Association )..
Sungguh, saya agak kecewa dengan cara MPS tackle isu ini, orang tak berapa faham apa benefit di sebalik dispensing separation ini, tapi saya lebih annoyed dengan MMA nih, sebab nampaknya, mereka memandang isu ini dari sudut `the best for convenience of patient', bukannya `the best for health of patient'!..Spot the difference?

BaiKlah marilah saya terangkan dulu apa itu dispensing separation. Dispensing separation is actually division of labor where doctors will focus on diagnosing, detecting disease,and recommending appropriate treatment including medications. Spot the word `RECOMMENDING'. Pharmacists will then AUDIT THE PRESCRIPTION, dispense the medication, along with appropriate counselling on the drugs. The main aim is to allow patients to get service and consultations from both experts - The experts in drug and the experts in disease itself. Yang sebenarnya untuk menguntungkan patient dan mengurangkan risiko kesilapan ke atas patient. Kita nih deal dengan kesihatan orang, kena betul-betul berhati-hati...
Jadik sekarang..setuju tak kalau saya cakap :

1. Doctors are experts in disease and human body itself
2. Pharmacists are experts in drug.

Note the word `EXPERT'. Saya tak kata doctors tak tahu pasal ubat langsung, dan tak jugak kata pharmacists tak tahu pasal disease langsung..
Setuju?
Kalau tak setuju takyah baca dah. Shuh shuh dari entry ini. Buang karan saja..

Jadik bukankah bagus kalau patient dapat servis2 yang berkenaan ( servis diagnose dan servis ubat ) dari yang pakar?Kalau nak cuci toilet pun gunakan Harpic yang pakar, apatah lagi pasal sakit sendiri kan..

Ok. setuju ya dari aspek `better for the health of patient'?..

Sekarang kita tengok pulak dari sudut perkara-perkara yang diperdebatkan.Perkara-perkara ini menyebabkan dispensing separation nampak impossible di Malaysia.

1. Acute shortage of pharmacists and pharmacies to cover current dispensing job of private clinics.
- Absolutely true.Kekurangan ahli farmasi lebih parah berbanding doktor sebenarnya.Kalau dispensing right nih dilaksanakan serta merta, memang sangat-sangat payahlah utk patient nak pusing cari farmasi pulak lepas dapat prescription.tapi MPS pun tak cakap SEKARANG. Di sinilah gunanya PELAN JANGKA PANJANG. Sekarang nih, kalau dah setuju yang dispensing separation nih bagus utk kesihatan patient, maka set lah satu deadline supaya kita dapat capai satu keadaan dalam jangka masa tertentu yang membolehkan dispensing separation ini memudahkan patient. Contohnya, buat study, berapa lama masa yang diperlukan utk menambah bilangan ahli farmasi dan farmasi utk take exclusive dispensing right. Say 10 tahun. Maka dalam masa 10 tahun nih, promotelah dekat public, apa pentingnya dispensing separation nih utk `improve' kesihatan diorang. ( saya tak kata current system tak bagus utk kesihatan diorang, saya kata `improve ).Dan dalam masa 10 tahun nih, tambahkan bilangan ahli farmasi.Sediakan kursus utk dispenser( lepasan sekolah pun boleh ) utk mengurangkan bebanan pharmacist dalam dispensing.Dispenser dispense, pharmacist pantau, maka dia bolehlah concentrate lebih masa utk beri lebih counselling kepada patient tentang penggunaan ubat.Jika ada deadline mcm nih, maka ramai ahli farmasi yang akan bukak farmasi senirik..dalam keadaan skrg,doktor boleh dispense ubat, sapa nak bukak klinik sebelah farmasi sedangkan pesakit dapat ubat terus dari klinik tuh?Considerla skit....pastuh dekat tempat mana yg memang pharmacies dah cukup utk cover clinic, maka mulakanlah dispensing separation nih step by step. Tak menyusahkan patient banyak mana pun, lepas dapat prescription pergilah farmasi yang 2-3 kedai sebelah tuh, daripada nak menunggu dalam klinik yang selalunya sesak dengan pesakit pada waktu lepas office hour terutamanya..kalau kat bandar kangar yg kecik nih pun , mcm dah cukup jugak sebenarnya, sebelah farmasi mak, ada klinik...ada satu lagik farmasi, di tengah2 antara 2 klinik..ada satu lagik, pun dekat dgn klinik, takyah pusing cari parking kereta lagi sekali pun..itu PEKAN KANGAR , bandar lain sure lah lagik ok..kat kampung kita teruskanlah dengan current system sampailah kita dapat cakap kondisi yang sesuai utk laksanakan dispensing right nih di kawasan tuh..kita mula step-by step la..yg penting, SETUJU,SET-UP DATE, LONG & SHORT TERM PLANS , WORK ON IT ..benda nih kan dah belajar kat sekolah, haish..

2. Syndrome `Pharmacists Not In' menyusahkan patient utk mendapatkan ubat..
Ok......mak saya selalu dok complain pasal nih. Pharmacist dekat farmasi tuh, ada kerja lain jugak nak buat selain dari berada di farmasi tuh.Kurang-kurang nak amik-hantar anak sekolah.( Not me, I cycled to school ).Keadaan lebih parah kalau pharmacist dan manager adalah orang yang sama, which us most of the case of independent community pharmacies ( Bukan chain pharmacies mcm Guardian tuh ).Jadik pharmacist tuh bukan saja kena manage dispensary, dia kena manage business, kena urus stok, kena deal dengan salesman, kena pergi bank, kadang2 urusan yg lama di bank kalau pasal business loan la, kadang2 kalau mcm mak-abah, kena turun KL kalau nak uruskan pinjaman perniagaan yang baru....itulah namanya berniaga, and most of community pharmacies, kes dia mcm nihlah, manager dan pharmacists adalah orang yang sama,.bersyukur jugaklah sebab ada invidividu yang sanggup ambil 2 kerja nih, kalau tak community pharmacies tak naik langsung kot, lagik menyusahkan nak cari ubat..jadik, kadang-kadang, kena meninggalkan premis, adalah suatu perkara yg perlu dan tidak dapat dielakkan, tapi masalahnya, kat Malaysia, pharmacist tak boleh buat LOCUM macam doktor!..
Saya pernah jumpa iklan locum pharmacists, tapi tak meluas, mungkin ada sikit-sikit ja kat bandar besar..
Kalau mcm locum yang doktor nih, kadang-kadang kalau doktor nih nak pergi bercuti ka,dia boleh panggil doktor lain datang datang uruskan klinik dia, nanti dia bayarlah kat doktor tuh, klinik tetap jalan, patients dapat service..
Kalau kat UK, kita ada locum service utk pharmacist..let's say pharmacists nih nak tinggalkan kedai dia utk 4 jam, maka dia telefonlah agensi locum tuh, mintak pharmacistst..maka time pharmacists pemilik kedai tuh pergi makan ker apa ker, farmasi tuh masih ada accredited pharmacists, dan boleh dispense Prescription Only Medicine ( POM ) & give appropriate counselling on the drug..
There is no such thing in Malaysia...mungkin sebab belum ramai pharmacists utk service locum nih..tapi kalau dibuat, ramai jerk rasanya nak..

3.Pharmacists play doctor's role in diagnosing
-Kesnya, pharmacists check blood pressure, glucose level, pastuh kasik ubat high BP & diabetis..Ok, ini memang menyalahi undang-undang dan profesionalisme pharmacist itu sendiri.Pharmacists memang ada kemahiran dalam benda-benda yg dia nampak, symptom yang jelas,symptom luaran,usually local effects disease.. mcm rash on skin, eye redness..pharmacists kena hafal symptoms tuh dan tahu apa drug yang sesuai..tapi dalam kes yang pharmacists sendiri tak sure, tak tahu, tak nampak, mcm kes systemic diseases, maka pharmacists memang kena suruh patient pergi jumpa doctor..saya selalu nampak kes mcm nih at least dekat farmasi mak.Patient datang, sakit telinga, tapi dia pun tak dapat provide reason kenapa dia sakit ( contohnya, sometimes orang sakit telinga lepas telinga dia masuk serangga, so kita tahulah jugak apa sebab dia sakit )..dalam keadaan dia tak dapat provide maklumat sebegitu, maka pharmacist memang kena suruh dia pergi jumpa doktor sebab tak nampak apa yg jadik dalam telinga tuh, tergambar kekecewaan di muka patient tuh sebab dia maleh nak gi klinik, nak buat mcm mana pakcik, itu bukan bidang kami nak diagnose...takperlah kalau ada pharmacists yang diagnose jugak, amik jerlah tindakan undang-undang, memang menyalahi peraturan..tapi peliknya..kes doktor dispense ubat, itu menyalahi professionalism, tapi DIBENARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG..maunya pharmacist tak marah..( seperti saya yg marah )..

Hmm..cukuplah tuh.Kalau saya membebel panjang lagik pasal benda nih, tak buat kerja lain.
Cuma ingin saya jelaskan beberapa perkara lagik :

1. Bila kita kata dispense ubat, ubat nih ada banyak kategorinya.GSL, P, PO, POM, CD .Kalau GSL ( General Sale List ), sesapa saja boleh jual. Orang persoalkan,kalau patient datang dalam keadaan parah, takkanlah patient tuh nak kena gi cari ubat kat pharmacy pulak kan..dalam most of the case, doktor akan kasik painkiller sekali dengan ubat untuk kecederaan/disease tuh kan? Maka yg boleh dibuat, klinik tuh kasik painkiller, membolehkan patient tuh bertahan sementara datang amik ubat kat pharmacy. Ataupun kalau dalam keadaan urgent, perlukan segera, maka mungkin doktor boleh ada very limited amount of certain drugs in case of emergency.Even kadang-kadang, kalau ada kecederaan seperti accident ka, patient datang terus ke pharmacy..dulu time saya lepas-lepak kat pharmacy,saya pernah berdepan dengan keadaan yg mana, patient tuh baru saja accident motor dekat simpang traffic light x jauh dari pmacy, dalam keadaan luka sana sini, dia terhincut-hincut jalan ke farmasi, datang mintak bandage, kapas, flavin ( ubat luka ), orang2 kat farmasi tolong jadik bidang terjun first aider, pastuh baru dia pergi klinik utk diagnose lebih lanjut..see, kerjasama yang bagus kan?We should cooperate la doctors to maximize the service to patients, and that's the ultimate aim of dispensing separation.

2.Dispensing separation tak akan merugikan doktor sebab kehilangan pendapatan dari ubat. Anda akan dapat mengurangkan kesesakan di klinik, org takyah tunggu dah utk amik ubat. Kurangkan kos, takyah sibuk dah kos nak membeli ubat dah. Kurang risiko, takyah risau sangat kalau anda tersilap recommend ker sebab kalau pmacist nampak something wrong dengan prescription anda,dia boleh telefon anda, betulkan anda, dan kasik drug yg betul dekat patient.dan anda boleh luangkan lebih banyak masa utk patient, terutamanya untuk kes-kes kronik.memang hilang pendapatan ubat, tapi tambah pendapatan diagnosis, dan tambah compliance patient dekat anda, sebab patient kan suka kalau doktor lebih fokus dengan diorang, diorang tak suka tunggu setengah jam tapi masuk jumpa doktor tak sampai 5 minit..

Hmm..in a nutshell, dispensing separation will benefit all parties..pharmacists, doctors, and most importantly patients..but the implementation is Loooooong way to go, in effect of the system that we are currently in..tapi soalnya, it's good for all, so nak ker tak? Kalau tak nak, ok fine, let's stick to the old rotten way until we can't escape from it anymore..kalau nak,that's where SHORT-LONG TERM PLANS NEEDED...kalau wawasan 2020 pun boleh plan tahun 1993, takkanlah dispensing separation nih tak boleh...........................

Ok. Tunggu report from MPS. Diorang tengan conduct pilot study.

Sekian bebelan setelah 2 bulan membisu.Wallahua'lam..

Terima kasih.Full stop.

p/s : Moga usaha dipermudahkan.Aaamin..

Alhamdulillah, Thank you Allah!!

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah..
Baru semalam kan saya update blog..apa kerjanya saya nak update lagi hari nih..
Untuk membaca update tentang End The Siege of Gaza Demonstration, sila scroll ke bawah lagi. Entry yang kedua dalam page ini..
Saya menulis lagi hari ini sebab saya sangat-sangat gembira, dapat sesuatu yang tak disangka!!..

Hari ini, mcm hari yang agak serabut jugak sebenarnya..
Saya pergi kelas, rasa mcm dah awal..tapi bila masuk semua dah mula menulis..
Nak pergi lecture hall, hampir tersadung, alhamdulillah pandai buat selamber..
Nak lintas jalan, lupa nak tengok kiri kanan, hampir kena langgar..
Nak pergi kelas praktikal, silap microlab pulak..
Dah balik ke GP, sekali kunci tertingal kat bilik Double A..adeih, naik bas pulak saya ke sana..
Bila balik GP, check parcel, mana laptop cooler pad tak sampai-sampai lagik nih??..
Hari yang penuh dengan accident..adeih..

Balik rumah..waktu nak masak..
Baru perasan..ada sampul yang besar untuk saya..dari Leeds..
Sekali bukak, menjerit saya!!..
Terkejut flatmate saya yg sedang memasak & yg berada di bilik..

Runner up, McNeil Responding to Symptom Competition, University of Manchester..

Flatmate saya tanya : what have you won?
Oh..rupanya ada satu lagi sampul kecil. Sampul dikoyakkan. Sekali lagi flat bergema dengan jeritan saya.

I've Won 25 GBP!!..

Saya masuk bilik dan check email. Astargfirullah, mcm manalah saya boleh begitu ignorant?Saya rupanya dah dapat email memaklumkan yang saya menang runner up sejak minggu lepas lagik, saya dah baca pun email tuh,was I too stupid not to understand what the email told me??..
Sungguh..sangat tidak disangka-sangka, syukur bebanyak..

Pertandingan ini menguji kemahiran pelajar farmasi dalam berinteraksi dengan pesakit.Ia terbuka kepada semua year, sama ada ahli British Pharmaceutical Student Association ( BPSA) ataupun tidak. Saya ahli BPSA, untuk 4 tahun pengajian..
Dalam pertandingan ini,ada simulated patient. Patient datang kepada saya, dan saya harus berkomunikasi dengannya. Saya kena tanya, dia sakit apa. bila kena, ubat apa dia dah ambil, rasa mcm mana, kena offer ubat, kena ajar cara guna ubat, kena advise supaya sakit yg sama tidak berulang..
Saya dah pernah masuk pertandingan nih waktu first year, as expected it was a total crap. But it was a good experience, sebabnya pelajar farmasi tahun pertama atau kedua tak didedahkan sangat dengan cara berkomunikasi dengan customer/patient.
Tahun nih saya masuk sebab nak tengok, how much have I improved. Saya rasa mcm teruk jugak, dan based on feedback from evaluator, there were some important points that I missed. Tak kisahlah. At least ada improvement sikit..
Sebab itulah saya melompat-lompat kegembiraan di dapur. Sungguh di luar jangkaan. Nasib baik x menang first winner. Sebab first winner kena wakil university ke semi finals di Aston sabtu nih. Taknak saya. Nak pergi Be'wah Kerabu Nite kat Bristol...
Alhamdulillah..berjaya jugak saya memanfaatkan duit yuran BPSA yg saya bayar.. at least dapat balik duit yuran..
Moga Allah terus menundukkan hati saya kepada-Nya dengan segala nikmat yang diberi.

Sekian..kena sambung belajaar...

Wassalam. Full stop.

p/s : Nasi kerabu oh Nasi kerabu....

End The Siege of Gaza, Nothern Demonstration, BBC Manchester, 2/2/08

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah..
Minggu lepas, 1/2/2008, saya baru sahaja pulang ke bilik selepas menghantar laporan Pharmaceutical Analysis yang sangat menyerabutkan kepala semua pelajar farmasi tahun dua.. Kemudian..baca kat Mailing List MCOT..Oh, Double A hantar iklan Action Palestine..

`End The Siege of Gaza, Nothern Demonstration, BBC Manchester,12 pm, 2/2/2008'

Saya buzz Double A. Jom pergi!!..Minggu sebelumnya saya terlepas demonstrasi di London sebab kawan datang dari Cambridge. Double A pun tersengih gembira.Propagandanya berjaya. Jumpa esok!!..
Esoknya..sebelum pergi, saya makan dulu, barulah ada tenaga.. Saya berjalan sorang-sorang ke BBC Manchester. Hanya 5 minit jalan kaki. Ia terletak di Oxford Road, jalan utama di Bandar Manchester ini.Saya tak tahu siapa lagi yang akan menyertai saya. Saya hanya tahu Double A. Tiba di sana, orang taklah ramai. Sekumpulan kecil saja. Baru nak set-up booth. Tak lama kemudian, ya Malaysian Girls mula tiba!..Yaa..saya tak keseorangan.. Budak-budak lelaki x ada sangat. Hanya ada seorang. Yerlah, pahamlah..semua pergi Manchester City Stadium tengok bola..mana boleh lepaskan peluang tengok Arsenal main pada harga 14 GBP kan.
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Dalam jam 12.30 pun, dah ramai orang yang datang..terdiri daripada pelbagai peringkat umur dan latar belakang. Muslims & Non-Muslims. Arabs, English, & Asian.Tua & Muda. Pelajar dan pekerja. Sepanduk-sepanduk mula diedarkan.Yang tak cukup sepanduk palestine, dapat sepanduk`Don't attack Iran'.No worries. That matter concerns us as well. Walaupun tidak seramai di London, tetapi rasa syukur melihat semua yang datang.Cuma rasa agak malu jugak. Isu Palestine ini isu Umat Islam zaman berzaman, tetapi tak ramai sangat Muslim yang datang. Ramai locals yang datang. Makcik pakcik tua muda. Kagum. Hanya Dengan semangat kemanusian mereka hadir. Muslims kat Malaysia yang kononya hadam rukun iman dari darjah 1 sampai sekurang-kurangnya tingkatan 5 pun belum tentu tahu tentang isu ini, setelah disibukkan Anugerah Juara Lagu takpun demam pilihan raya.

Aktiviti bermula dengan ucapan daripada penganjur program. Oh ya, program ini adalah anjuran Action Palestine, dengan sokongan Stop The War & Palestine Solidarity Campaign.Program ini juga mendapat sokongan Student Union, University of Manchester. Andy Cunningham, Amy Petit, & beberapa figures yang agak familar di Student Union turut serta.

Antara yang menyertai demontrasi untuk menunjukkan bantahan terhadap kepungan Gaza.

Salah seorang penganjur yang memberikan ucapan

Kemudian, perarakan pun bermula. Dengan penuh semangat, kaki melangkah, tangan memegang sepanduk, menelusuri Oxford Road. Dengan kenderaan di kiri kanan, terima kasih kepada polis yang mengawal, semua bersemangat melaungkan slogan, menuntut kepungan ke atas Gaza dihentikan.

Viva Viva. Palestina!!

1,2,3,4. Occupation No More!
5,6,7,8. Stop the killing stop the hate!

Apabila kami semakin memasuki kawasan bandar :
`Ok, we are entering city. Let's make some noise so that everyone knows what we want!'..
Kami semakin bersemangat. Suara semakin kuat. Sayang benar saya tak bawa air, suara dah nak dekat habis. Tak ingat dah segala teknik voice projection yang double A ajar dulu huhu..

Menariknya, kami berhenti agak lama di luar beberapa premis. Pertama, Hotel Midland. Kedua, Starbucks. Ketiga, Town Hall Manchester. Menurut penganjur, mereka secara langsung/tidak langsung ada menyumbang kepada penjajahan Israel di Palestine. Starbucks, saya memang pasti. Yang 2 lagik tuh, saya kena check tengok..Tapi tentang Starbucks, sekali lagi kagum. Itu memang budaya orang putih ya untuk lepad-lepak di kedai kopi seperti Starbucks, Nero Cafe. Namun atas sebab kemanusian yang tidak melibatkan langsung saudara seakidah atau sedarah dengan mereka, mereka sanggup memboikot..Kalaulah syahadatain itu tertegak dalam diri Muslim sebagaimana tertegaknya semangat kemanusian dalam diri non-Muslims ini, pasti Palestine tak menderita sebegini..

End The Siege of Gaza. End The Siege Now!!..


Palestine don't you Cry. We shall never let you die!!..

Dari Oxford Road kami bergerak menelusuri jalan apa ntah di sebelah Central Library, pusing town hall, masuk kawasan bandar yang saya sendiri tak biasa lalu. Tapi memang ramailah orang di kiri kanan. Setiap kali lalu di tepi kereta yang berhenti di tengah jalan, sepanduk sengaja direndahkan dan dihadapkan ke tingkap kereta, supaya orang nampak. End The Siege of Gaza!!..
Sambil berarak, leaflets diedarkan kepada orang2 di tepi jalan, untuk memberi kesedaran tentang isu ini.

Beirut Sydney Ramallah Gaza. Globalise The Intifada!

Demonstrasi berakhir di Peace Garden, St Peter's Square. Jam 1 lebih. Rasa sekejap sangat, kalau ikut hati nak pergi serang kawasan Picadilly Garden & Market St. Situ lagi ramai orang.
Sebelum berakhir, kami mendengar ucapan daripada wakil-wakil organisasi yang terlibat dengan kempen palestine ini. Antaranya Action Palestine, Student Union, Stop The War, dll lagi yang saya tak ingat namanya..Malah ada seorang sister yg menceritakan kesusahan kakaknya di Palestine yang baru sahaj bersalin tetapi tiada kemudahan elektrik, bahan makanan..nak kirim duit, tak boleh..nak kirim makanan, pun tak boleh..baru bersalin 2 minggu, kena mengharungi kesejukan memasak tanpa elektrik di luar rumah..is that the way to treat a mother that has just given birth??..
Ini tidak termasuk lagi sejarah Palestine yang kita tahu, yang telah lama bermain dengan darah & air mata, hidup dalam uncertainty tentang masa depan sendiri hanya keyakinan dengan janji Allah yang mendorong kehidupan, tambah-tambah pulak saudara seakidah di seluruh dunia hanya bermain dengan memorandum, bantuan makanan, pasukan pengaman sedangkan mereka mengharapkan benar-benar ada tindakan yang dapat menghentikan Israel..Sudah 60 tahun mungkin mereka berada dalam keadaan sebegitu..Layakkah kita saudara seislam lain bersaudara dengan mereka di syurga Allah kelak sedangkan kita membiarkan mereka dilanyak 60 tahun??

Peace Garden, St Peter Square.Wajah-wajah menuntut hak penduduk Gaza.

Alhamdulillah, program berakhir dengan jayanya. Memang bilangan yang menyertai jauh lebih sedikit daripada di London dan di Manchester sendiri pada tahun lalu, tetapi sekurang-kurangnya kumpulan yang kecil ini dapat menimbulkan kekecohan di kawasan yang dilalui supaya warga di situ sekurang-kurangnya sedar akan perkara ini..

Satu soalan yang mungkin ditanya. Sponsor, MSD, kasi ker join benda-benda mcmnih?..

Haha..satu soalan yang sangat bagus. Sebagai pelajar yang ditaja..kenalah patuh kepada arahan penaja dan kerajaan Malaysia..

Tetapi..saya buat benda ini sebab patuh dengan arahan penaja lah. Tak caya?

Ini ialah ikrar yang dilafazkan oleh pelajar-pelajar JPA sebelum fly. Tandatangan saya sendiri telah removed untuk tujuan keselamatan, heh.Walaupun banyak orang yg mungkin x tahu ke mana dah campak benda alah nih, tapi saya lekat kat dinding dan nampak hari-hari.

Bagi saya, berdasarkan ikrar di atas nih, apa yang kami buat tidak melanggar arahan penaja atau MSD kerana :
1. Demonstrasi ini adalah sah di sisi undang-undang UK. Maka ini bukan suatu jenayah.
2. Demonstrasi ini disokong Student Union. Maka ia dibenarkan universiti.
3. Kegiatan ini tidak mencemarkan nama baik negara.
4. Tiada arahan spesifik dari MSD atau JPA yang memberi arahan supaya tidak melibatkan diri dalam kegiatan Palestin ini.
5. Tiada unsur-unsur ganas dilibatkan.

So, should be no problem kan?..
Bak kata double A : Aku check kontrak dulu nak pergi Demo pun..
Ok-Ok..Kalau ikrar tuh tak cukup meyakinkan lain kali saya scan Kontrak JPA pulak. Tapi lepas summer la. Kontrak tuh ada kat Malaysia sekarang, terselit bersama dokumen2 di ofis farmasi mak mungkin, hehe..

Hope to see many others in forthcoming events.Kita tak mampu berbuat apa-apa, maka maksimumkanlah peluang yang ada.

Sekian. Terima kasih.

Wassalam. Full stop.