Basic Medcast

Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Thong Yi Kun Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Ceceilia Ling Transcript C: I can see you have an interesting story today Yi Kun: Yes. I was recalling the case of one of my cirrhotic patients. This man was in the ICU, and had a platelet count of only 30,000 per microliter. […]

Click for Participant Form Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Alan Koay, Thong Yi Kun Transcript Why so glum? Ah, nothing No, there’s something on your mind It’s that Professor Rahman. He asks the strangest questions. And I have to come up with an answer by tomorrow. What strange question? Well, I […]

Click for Participant Form Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript   What are you going to tell us today? Let me tell you about an old man I saw yesterday. Interesting case, and taught me something. Okay. This gentleman lives in an old age home. His […]

Click for Participant Form Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay, Siah Tse Nin Transcript Dr Jagdip was speaking. Lecturing, really, I thought, trying to fight boredom. There were six of us in the urology ward, discussing a patient with a varicocele. I stole a glance at Perminder, […]

Click for Participant Form Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript There’s a buzz of excitement in the ward: it’s the grand round day. Every Wednesday Professor Azim, the head of Surgery, comes in to take a long, long round. All the housemen have been busy ensuring […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript “Will my father be okay, Doctor?” Asks the young woman, pretty despite the worry. Her husband sits next to her, and, instinctively, she reaches for his hand. “ Miss Chandra, I have to admit that […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Thong Yi Kun Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript You hurry past the patient diagnosed with intrabdominal bleeding in Bed 1. Extra beds have been placed in the Emergency Department, making the already packed ED even more crowded. Finding your way to the back […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript I’ve just remembered a fascinating clinical problem we encountered a few weeks ago. What was that? This three week baby was admitted to the paediatrics ward with a history of not feeding for two days. […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Terance Lee Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Alan Koay, Thong Yi Kun Transcript How are you? Glad to be here in another podcast entry. Shall we get to the case right away? Yes! The mic is yours. A 45-year-old man, a known alcohol abuser, was being treated for […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Doctor, you are looking smug today, if you don’t mind my saying so! Yes! I achieved an easy diagnosis today, but my colleagues think I’m brilliant! Lucky you! What happened? Well, I was having a […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Terance Lee Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Today we have a patient case with what appeared to be a simple provisional diagnosis but things took an unexpected turn when the team came across surprising investigational results. Ah! Shall we start right away […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Thong Yi Kun Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Aris was sitting in Dr Basir’s clinic. He was a 4th year medical student doing his Paediatrics rotation. While attending one of the pediatric ICU rounds, he noticed a most peculiar thing – two nurses […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Terance Lee Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Today, we are here to share a case which involves the hematological system. We have a 55-year-old male who presented with persistent fatigue and intermittent dizziness. The doctor immediately noticed that he was pale. He […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Suneet Editor: Dr. Suneet Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript You seem upset? What’s wrong? I’ve just come from the wards. I have an elderly diabetic patient on clarithromycin and ketoconazole. This patient developed a runny nose, and my resident doctor started terfenadine, an anti-histamine. I have […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Terance Lee Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Today’s case will touch on a hematological topic which I believe is familiar and feared by medical students at the same time – haemostasis and the coagulation pathway. I’m sure it’ll be a good opportunity […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Suneet Sood Editor: Dr Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript So, what case do you have today? I have this case of a common symptom presenting from an uncommon condition, which highlights the importance of taking a proper history, examining well, and keeping an open […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr. Terance Lee Editor: Dr, Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Hi! Thank you for having me. Through today’s case, we will look back at a topic in basic anatomy and its clinical relevance. This case is particularly interesting because we have a patient who had […]

Click for Participant Form Author: Alan Koay Editor: Dr Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Transcript Ryan had just finished with his rounds and stood in front of the elevator, on the way to the operating theatre. He was looking forward to operating on a challenging stomach cancer. The elevator had just pinged […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Dr Suneet Sood Editor: Dr. Suneet Sood Narrators: Thong Yi Kun, Alan Koay Today we have an obstetrics case for discussion. This 30-year-old woman had been seeing us in the antenatal clinic. She had three healthy babies, all delivered by caesarean section. This pregnancy had been uneventful. We admitted […]

Click for Participant Form   Author: Thong Yi Kun Script Editor: Dr Suneet Sood Narrator: Thong Yi Kun Transcript The buzzer sounds as you are broken from your reverie. You are the sole registrar working in the red zone of a rural hospital emergency department. Major cases are infrequent but sometimes when it rains it […]