"Being part of the NHG Anaesthesiology Residency Program has been an enriching experience thus far. We are surrounded by supportive faculty who not only train us to be better clinicians through teaching and providing us with opportunities to broaden our clinical exposure but are also nurturing mentors that we can turn to for guidance and advice throughout our training. I am thankful to be able to go through this journey with my NHG residency family!" Dr Cadence Wee, Chief Resident.
"Being part of residency has allowed me to find a family that will support me throughout and push me to become better. The dedication to our training has allowed me to become a better clinician for my patients." Dr Stacey Goh, Junior Resident.
"Given a choice, I would choose NHG anaesthesia residency again. I feel blessed to be part of a supportive, fun-loving and food-loving community that makes work more enjoyable! We have seniors who care about our well-being, learning and growth and spur us on to be better clinicians." Dr Janelle Tan, Junior Resident.
The Anaesthetist's Soliloquy
To the boy whose life slipped out of my hands
I taste
Sorrow as my heart bleeds tears of pain
Each time my eyes reignite
The burning memory of your voice
From the ashes of my suffering.
I saw
Hands deliver the drugs
Meant to keep you asleep
No longer than the moon's
Rule over the night sky,
Yet you never awoke
To see another sunrise.
I felt
The red wheals over your skin
The antibiotic wreaking anarchy
Your puffy eyes, swollen windpipe
Lungs screaming for oxygen
As they silently suffocated.
I heard
The screams of your parents
Echo deep into the caves of my emotions
When they realized you were now
Afloat in a river far away from
Their worldly reaches.
I smell
The shackles of death
Pound my body for your freedom,
Each night I lay to rest
My heart bounces incessantly
With guilt trapped endlessly below
The ribs of my conscience.
To the boy whose life slipped out of my hands
Adrenaline could not save you,
Yet it keeps my heart throbbing
With your memories.
It squeezes my veins so tight
They bleed a teardrop from -
My five senses.
David Mathew
Residency Alumni