Munif's Hospital Encounter Part 2

28th May 2009 was the saddest day of our life. Our son, Munif, travelling with four of his friends from Kuantan to Muadzam Shah in a Viva, met with an accident. The Viva collided with one Toyota Hilux in the early morning. He was sitting in the middle of the back seat and was asleep when the accident happened. According to his friends, Munif was unconscious when his friends found him with his head trapped underneath the front passenger seat. They carefully pulled him out of the car. His mouth was full of broken glass. Upon noticing that he was not breathing, his friends gave him CPR. After Munif regained conciousness, a man in a white Proton Saga (thank you for being a good samaritan, may Allah rewards you for your kindness) brought him to Pusat Kesihatan Gambang (PKG).

After cleaning Munif's wounds and upon noticing the head injury, the PKG staff immediately put him in an ambulance and transferred him to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan.

12:15pm was Munif's admission time at HTAA. He was under the care of surgical unit of HTAA. The first thing the doctor in charge ordered was to ctscan Munif brain for any internal bleeding. "No internal bleeding", that was the result.

However, Munif was still complaining about neck pains. He was transferred to the care of orthopedic unit of HTAA after the surgical unit gave him the clearance. Waiting for the ctscan of Munif's neck was the longest wait for us. Since the second ctscan could not be done immediately to minimise health risk on patients, his neck was braced. That made Munif very uncomfortable. We had a tough time persuading him to wear the hard collar all the time, however, occasionally and even in his sleep, he would pull off the velcro tape that was holding the brace together and removed it from his neck. Finally, when the ctscan of Munif's neck completed, the result confirmed there were no fractures nor breakages. On the 4th June 2009, Munif was discharged.