Friday, September 28, 2007

a question

This afternoon during lunch, i asked my colleagues this funny question.

"Do all doctors in this world speak English?" their answers were like "hm... think so..." "should be" "maybe not, because Harry Potter also translated to many languages..." hehe... but what to do with Harry Potter le? *scratch head* What do you think le? YES? NO?

Because I think all the scientific and medical terms are in English. Isn't it? hehehe... maybe i'm too shallow =P

There is a reason behind the question. Back to the Bali trip, my bro's gf got allergic to Aspirin medicine. We were so worried and brought her to the nearby clinic. We told the doctor all the details and her reaction was like thinking carefully! Then we found that she actually didn't understand English. Her assistant was the one taking all the actions like providing her oxygen, giving her injection. OMG!! Who is the actual doctor man!? very funny right?? After all, the assistant wrote all the details, reports and let the doctor signed on it!! Of course, we had to pay the EXPENSIVE bill. *roll eyes*

So does all the doctors speak English? *wondering*

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting Q!

I think answer is Not All, depends on which country. I guess some only know plain English, like med name. But it doesn't mean he/she can speak English.

Anonymous said...

hehe.... icic. then u r smarter than me!! at least u hav an answer. i was still confused. =P