Reunion

This year 2011, I’ve joined my school (Sultan Ismail

 Secondary School - SISS) Ismailian facebook gang reunion,

 twice i.e. on 12th March & 5th June. The reunion was so

 fruitful especially the second reunion. I was reunited with

 my old buddy ex schoolmates. First reunion, just five of my

 batch turned up. They were Fouziah Mokhtar, Marina Abdul

 Manaf (Che Su), Noor Fauziah Ab Jalil, Zakaria Hassan &

 me. I was not their classmate but just schoolmate. After

 the first reunion (my batch & 3 senior batches), I

 managed to get an hp no. for Syed Amran Tuan Long who I

 successfully met him later. During the 2nd reunion (only

my batch together with SIPS [Sultan Ismail Primary School]

 group), I managed to reunite with my classmates in a

 secondary school and some classmates from SIPS. I was in

 SIPS in 1976 & SISS in 1977-1980. Just imagine how long we

 had not seeing each other! Among them (just to name a

 few) were Rosmiza Mokhtar, Wan Ahmad Ikram, Saifuddin,

 Mohd Zawawi, Kamaruzzaman, Amri Harun & Zailan Mohd

 (last met in 1976 during Standard 6; he attended Sultan

 Omar Secondary School) while others went to SISS.

 Following the reunion, I was able to get in touch & met

 with Mohd Noor & Aidil (these two was sent to further

 study abroad after SPM).

 Thanks facebook!

What is Nuclear Medicine?

   Nuclear Medicine is an application of nuclear (radioisotope) techniques in a medicine. It can be broadly divided into two branches "in vitro" and "in vivo" procedures. There are numerous radioisotopic "in vitro" procedures for genotyping and molecular profiling applicable to clinical molecular biology. These procedures are becoming increasingly important in several clinical and pre-clinical conditions, from determining changes in cancer cells to drug resistance in malaria parasites. These techniques proved to be increasingly valuable in preventing catastrophic consequence of ineffective treatment.

   The majority of nuclear medicine procedures are "in vivo" non-invasive procedures. After administration of the radiopharmaceutical typically by intravenous route (sometimes locally) to a patient, its distribution and localization provides functional or metabolic information. This helps doctors to make critical decisions based on objective information about the status and function of a particular organ or disease. The data is depicted with the aide of imaging systems called Gamma Cameras (be they planar or SPECT systems) and transformed into images which allow visual determination and staging of the disease. One of the fastest growing techniques is Positron Emission Tomography (PET) that requires special instrumentations called PET tomographs. This technique allows clinicians to track organ function at a molecular level, therefore revealing intricate health changes earlier in individual patients than other diagnostic modalities.

Convocation - Diploma & Certificate

Real MLT

   I was officially appointed as a Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT;  known as Assistant Medical Scientific Officer then) on 6th August 1989. I was posted in the Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences. My duties were more on research works (assisting the lecturers & Scientific Officer). Later, due to my desire to explore a new field, I asked for a transfer to a  newly founded Nuclear Medicine Unit.  I started my first task in Nuclear Medicine on 21st April 1991. In Nuclear Medicine, I had to learn by myself  since it was very new to me (zero knowledge then). Big thanks to the then Coordinator of Nuclear Medicine Unit, Dr. Ahmad Zakaria (now is Professor Dr. Ahmad Zakaria) who gave me more than what I needed to really work in this field. Here, I involved in direct contact with patients. My tasks were to prepare radiopharmaceuticals, to carry out Radioiodine Uptake Test, to perform scintigraphy  procedures and to prepare & give radioiodine therapeutic doses... But then in the early 2000, I decided to try a new field. 15th April 2000, I again  shifted to Anaesthesiology Department (to be exact - Intensive Care Unit). Here, I was assigned to perform a Blood Gas Analysis and also to look after the Blood Gas Analyzer, not only in ICU but also in Operating Theatre, NICU, 8S Ward, 2 Delima Ward). However, I just couldn't cope wth the 'closed' environment of ICU. Once more, I applied for another transfer. After had a discussion with the then Dean of School of Health Sciences & Prof. Ahmad Zakaria; I was officially transferred to School of Health Sciences (to be posted under Programme of Medical Radiation) on 15th July 2001. For this new task, I was assigned to handle the practical classes for the students. At beginning, not only for Medical Radiation students but I also involved in the practical classes for some other programmes/courses [Dietetics Programmes & Biomedicine Programmes; Food Preparation, Basic Laboratory Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Physiology].