im doing public health rotation now. its a 8 week course, and i just finished the 5th week. have 3 more weeks to go. first two weeks is all about lecture, third week is all about planning the survey, 4th week is conducting the community survey in teluk bahang, and now i am currently attach to district health office (DHO) in seberang perai utara district for two weeks.
im not going to talk much about teluk bahang, i dont really enjoyed the whole thing, because i dont really like talking to people and all. but that was a different story. but dont get me wrong, there are still a few things that i like about teluk bahang, especially the villagers, they are super nice. (just that me myself dont like to talk) and also we get to ride the boat and there's glowing sand, really bring back redang's memory. i miss redang!
now what i really want to talk about is about the DHO posting. this week my group were attached to environmental health unit. and that unit is further divided to other smaller units. there are CDC, BAKAS, KMAM, FQC, KPAS, vector unit etc. and this last week had been so much fun and we really learn a lot. A LOT. hoho
and i personally think that what BAKAS do is the most interesting. BAKAS is bekalan air dan kesihatan persekitaran. and i want to share this because its not really medical stuff, but more towards taking care of health by improving the environment. basically what BAKAS do is:
1. water supply (bekalan air)
2. pour toilet (tandas curah)
3. sullage water management (sistem pelupusan air limbah)
4. solid waste management (sistem pelupusan sisa pepejal)
about the water supply, not many people know this, but there are still lots of people out there who cant afford to get the clean water supply. and what bakas do is giving subsidy to others who need the clean water because apparently to set up the system for getting clean water supply will cost at least rm2000. furthermore they also build toilet to those who doesnt have any toilet at their home. (and we went to this one village and there is this one toilet that bakas built, and the bakas officer said there is currently 5 family using that very same toilet. can u imagine that? dont you think that our life is too good to be true compare to them?) and it is the same for the sullage water and solid waste management, they set up better system to manage those so that people can live in clean environment. clean environment, better health. dont you think what those people did is very noble? i seriously was moved. hohoho more reasons to serve the public!
p/s: we managed to go for fogging yesterday. once in a lifetime experience!
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