Carbuncles anyone?

I've attached myself to the surgical ward for the week. Something temporary because i'm not getting to learn or practice any Bislama with the team, i have no role whatsoever during ward rounds because there is a resident who does most of the translating, the intern who does the writing, the nurse who clutches on to the files like they belong to her and no one else and another med student who is in charge of pulling the curtains.

Fortunately today the resident called in sick and i got a chance to scrub for an appendicectomy in a 9 year old boy. That was the highlight of the day.

Also, i was given an assignment to write a report on a patient with a carbuncle (i just heard of this term yesterday). The instructions were, "Don't write something like a case commentary or things that can be taken from textbooks."

OK. So where am i supposed to get the information from and what am i supposed to write about? Because that kinda excludes everything doesn't it? Splendid. Maybe i should just hand in a picture of one.

So for your viewing pleasure: courtesy of http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j26/drbernardchan/carbuncle2-1.jpg

Isn't it riveting?