So long.....

It was a sorrow week for me….Lem is leaving Malaysia for good. After years of planning, he had finally acted; he had decided to gone back to the Boleh Land and open up his own practice.

Parents and kids are the main factor that motivated him to perform the daring move.

Setting up a practice is easy nowadays in Malaysia; there are companies to assist one to open up their own practice. However the market is currently flooded with GP. I remembered I had passed by a clinic opened by a Taiwan medical grad back in Kuching during my dinner tour. Within the 2 hours around that area, I had seen no patient in the clinic.

Lem had opted not to seek any specialist recognition as the process will be lengthy; a certain period of attachment will be required to attain such accreditation.

Setting up a clinic, getting a car and a house will need at least a million RM. It is a true gamble as the expenses of car and clinic is non-retrievable and devalued on the day of its existence.

I am in no position to do so as I need to save up for the kid’s education fund. 

Lem had been my classmate since we were studying in med school. We had come to this hospital after our graduation. He had completed his training and serve as attending physician in the ward and later work in ED. We have been very close and share lots of thing at work and about the life back in Boleh Land. 

So long Lem, best of luck…..