Jian Yi and I were smsing each other before she arrived for the interview. I was quite excited about the interview! I was looking forward to this day! Then Jian Yi replied to my sms saying that her neighbor, Swathy would not be able to come so it would just be Zen Mae (my younger sister), Jian Yi and I. Over the sms, I found out from Jian Yi that she forgot to bring her paper of questions for the interview! I thought that she had copied down my questions for the interview on that paper but she said that she didn't! So as soon as Jian Yi arrived, we both quickly went online and copied down my questions but there was not enou
gh time so we only managed to copy down less than 5 questions. But I could remember a few more. Jian Yi said that she would try to remember the questions that she made during the interview. At last, the interview begun. I started off with asking the questions while Jian Yi started writing down the answers that my dad answered to the questions. Zen Mae was going around taking pictures with camera. My dad then showed us a few pictures on the iPod of how one of the operating instruments look like and other things they did inside the operating theatre.
We were halfway or so when my dad said that it was time to go out for dinner before the roads got crowded since the malays were going to start to
buka puasa soon so we could continue the interview later. We were planning to go to Chilli's at KLCC but my mom said that the roads were really jammed so we ate at Kayu, a nearby restaurant.
After dinner, my dad said that we could continue the rest of the interview back at my house. We finished off the rest of the interview with a couple more of questions. We then presented the certificate to my dad. Zen Mae took a photo of my dad holding the certificate with Jian Yi and I in the photo as well (shown on left hand side). Here are the questions and answers from
the interview:
1. Q: Have you had any other type of doctor careers before you became a urologist?
A: I worked in the Emergency Department and was also a General Doctor (Normal ward work, takes care of patients) in Penang Hospital.
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2. Q: How long have you been a urologist?
A: 6 years.
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3. Q: Why did you want to be a urologist?
A: Because it is an interesting career.
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4. Q: How many urologists are there in the hospital you are currently working in?
A: Only 2 because there are only 60 urologists in Malaysia.
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5. Q: How many urologists are you working with?
A: 1. But the whole team has a total of 10 doctors.
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6. Q: Have you worked in any other hospitals?
A: Penang Hospital and Balik Pulau.
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7. Q: What role does the kidney play in the body?
A: The kidney plays 7 roles, actually. (Here are a few)
1. Keeps the body clean of waste
2. Orders body to produce blood cells
3. Takes care of blood pressure
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8. Q: What is the most dangerous problem that can happen to our kidneys?
A: Our kidneys can grow stones until it can block the kidneys.
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9: Q: What are kidney stones? How do they form?
A: If you don't drink enough water, then the urine will become concerntrated and will start
to form crystals in your kidneys. The crystals join up together and get bigger and bigger until it becomes a stone. The stone will grow bigger and bigger until it fills up the whole
kidney (the kidney is 12-14cm in length).
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10. Q: How long can you live without a kidney?
A: Not long. For a few days.
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11. Q: Is it easy to get a transplanted kidney?
A: There are two ways. One is if it is donated by a relative or spouse. The other way is you can get a transplanted kidney from people who have passed away.
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12. Q: Are operations more regularly held in the private or public ward?
A: The public ward.
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13. Q: How long does it usually take for an operation to finish?
A: 30 minutes to 8 hours
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14. Q: Did your parents support you?
A: Yes.
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15. Q: Did you want to work as anything else?
A: Neurosurgery.
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16: Q: What are your future plans?
A: To be successful in my work.
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17: Q: What drugs do you use (to put the patients to sleep before an operation starts?)
A: Someone else does it.
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18: Q: Which university did you go to to study medicine?
A: The National University of Malaysia
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The interview turned out quite okay actually even though there were not much people! I really think I Wonder is a fantastic and excellent idea! I am really looking forward to the next interview (if there is one).
I'm Zen Wei, this interview's blogger. Thank you. :-)
