eyes, hands and heart

"To be a good doctor, you need to have the eyes of an eagle, the hands of a maiden (or woman) and the heart of a lion"


"This lesson, which I still remember vividly, was taught by Prof Mafauzy Mohamed who is now the campus director of the medical school of Universiti Sains Malaysia.

We need to be sharp, like an eagle's eye - to pick up warning early signs and symptoms that the patient is deteriorating.

We need to be gentle, like the hands of the maiden (although most versions in internet, use the word "lady" or "woman"), I particularly like the word "maiden" to depict the gentleness and kindness of our touch.

We need to be courageous, like the heart of a lion - when the emergency situation calls for such action to be taken swiftly and boldly to save the life of the patient."

As the saying goes,
"A teacher affects eternity, no one can tell where his influence stops" - Henry Adams "


Share by Dr .Chew ,Emergency Medicine, USM