Just before I capped off my night duty. I went into my patient’s room to take his capillary blood sugar (CBG). After that, I gave his pre-breakfast dose of Novomix via Flex Pen which is reusable. As I tried to recap the pen and secure the silicon cover, the needle went through the silicon cover piercing through my right finger. It bled. I was panicking I immediately rinsed my finger with alcohol.
I reported the matter to the supervisor on duty. She asked me to fill out the Needle Stick Injury form and submit it immediately and then to go to the infirmiary to see a doctor.
The doctor has requested for an HBsAb or Anti-HBs (hepatitis B surface antibody) test.
Not that I wanted but it is good to know that this kind of test is covered by the disability insurance of the hospital I work for.

During one of my job interviews at a hospital, I was asked what I would tell our president if I come face to face with her.
Seriously, I had no intentions of talking to her. Politics is not my thing. But if I were given an opportunity to speak up to her, I would ask her to look into the country’s healthcare system. Most of the Filipinos cannot afford the skyrocketing cause of checkups, lab work ups, hospitalizations and others. Since not all have disability insurance most of our people die without being treated or without the chance to be seen by a physician after the long suffering.