I remember one question that i asked my interviewer when i underwent the IUMC (Irish Universities and Medical Schools Consortium) interview about last 2 years ;
I recently had a couple of lectures discussing the reality of the real physician world out there. What we did was essentially brainstorming on how would we react in coping with infavourable situations in hospitals or our future working place (insyaAllah). The last lecture for the Health Promotion module was given by Dr. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn entitled "Terminal Illness". The lecture was delivered in such a gloomy late afternoon and her soft voice cum the silence was enough to render the atmosphere into a state of melancholy and dolor.
Terminal illness represents an illness that has no cure for which physical deterioration is inevitable and ongoing. It's the stage in which all promising treatments have failed to appear as a success and the chance of survival seems to be completely vague and unlikely. It's the stage where all we can do is to pray and treasure the final moments of a person's life. It's when the clock is ticking at the tip of a person's finale.
When the clock stops ticking, the heart stops beating and the lungs stop breathing. A person is now gone, back to the place where he originated, entering a new stage in his life as a servant.
It is indeed a critical and long journey to be endured by the departed, every single thing that they've done will count, be it the good or the bad deed.
"Have you ever faced a death case, and how did you deal with it?"Handy to ask yet not that handy to handle. You'll know how dreadful it would be if u are the one responsible of breaking the news to the parents who've been praying and praying for their son to survive, the wife who's been waiting all night long for her loved one to wake up with a smile, and to the little kids who intermittently whisper to their mother; "Where's daddy, mommy?". Truthfully those immaculate eyes are just too innocent to be broken into tears. Being a physician might sound grand and lofty but to think again the profession per se is actually not a bed of roses.
I recently had a couple of lectures discussing the reality of the real physician world out there. What we did was essentially brainstorming on how would we react in coping with infavourable situations in hospitals or our future working place (insyaAllah). The last lecture for the Health Promotion module was given by Dr. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn entitled "Terminal Illness". The lecture was delivered in such a gloomy late afternoon and her soft voice cum the silence was enough to render the atmosphere into a state of melancholy and dolor.
Terminal illness represents an illness that has no cure for which physical deterioration is inevitable and ongoing. It's the stage in which all promising treatments have failed to appear as a success and the chance of survival seems to be completely vague and unlikely. It's the stage where all we can do is to pray and treasure the final moments of a person's life. It's when the clock is ticking at the tip of a person's finale.
When the clock stops ticking, the heart stops beating and the lungs stop breathing. A person is now gone, back to the place where he originated, entering a new stage in his life as a servant.
Say: "The angel of death who is set over you, will take your souls. Then to your Lord you will be returned"Mourning and grieving everyday, those who lost the person they exceptionally cherish might find the world to be very empty and meaningless with the profound feeling of loneliness swarming their hearts. It's with the imaan and the belief in qada' and qadar that shall make us apprehend that the world is immortal thus accepting the rule of thumb; let bygones be bygones. We the still-alives should be thankful for being given the chance by God to rectify our mistakes and cultivate as much seeds as possible as our savings for the Hereafter.(As-Sajdah, 32:11)
It is indeed a critical and long journey to be endured by the departed, every single thing that they've done will count, be it the good or the bad deed.
"And if you only could see when the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) shall hang their heads before the Lord (saying): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back (to the world), that we will do righteous good deeds. Verily, we now believe with certainty.""(As-Sajdah, 32:12)
InsyaAllah, as long as we're still alive it's never too late for us to enumerate what have we done in our lives all these while, and what have we spared for the Hereafter. Don't disregard the golden opportunity we have to repent.
Narrated Aisha (ra)- the wife of the Messenger of Allah (saw): When Allah's Apostle (saw) occupied himself in prayer, he observed such a (long) qiyam (posture of standing in prayer) that his feet were swollen.Rasulullah (saw) performed his ibadah until his feet were swollen, albeit he knew that he'll soon be the Jannah dweller. So what about us whose fate are still uncertain? How have we performed so far? Are we yet ready if our lives happen to be withdrawn in the next second? Tepuk dada, tanyalah iman.
She said: “Allah's Apostle (saw) you do this (in spite of the fact) that your earlier and later sins have been pardoned for you?” Thereupon, he (saw) said: “Aisha, should I not prove myself to be a thanksgiving servant (of Allah)?” [Bukhari]
"Verily, We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it, in order that We may test them (mankind) as to which of them are best in deeds. [i.e. those who do good deeds in the most perfect manner, that means to do them (deeds) totally for Allah's sake and in accordance to the legal ways of the Prophet]"Wallahualam.(Al-Kahf, 18:7)
