{"id":10471,"date":"2025-02-13T18:16:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/uncategorized\/valentines-day-a-special-occasion-for-caboolture-hospital-medical-intern"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:49:40","slug":"valentines-day-a-special-occasion-for-caboolture-hospital-medical-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/news\/valentines-day-a-special-occasion-for-caboolture-hospital-medical-intern","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day a special occasion for Caboolture Hospital medical intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_10472\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10472\" class=\"wp-image-10472 size-fusion-600 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/dr-bianca-pang.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Bianca Pang.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>Valentine\u2019s Day a special occasion for Caboolture Hospital medical intern Dr Bianca Pang.<\/h1>\n<h4>Dr Pang is following in the footsteps of her mentor and now fianc\u00e9, Dr Kai Bin Law, who played an instrumental role in her journey into medicine.<\/h4>\n<p>Dr Law was part of the junior doctor intake at Caboolture Hospital in 2024. He continues to work at Caboolture Hospital in anaesthetics and is interested in a career in radiology.<\/p>\n<p>After saying yes to a romantic proposal, Dr Pang describes Dr Law as her \u2018mentor for the rest of her life.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The pair &#8211; originally from Singapore &#8211; embarked on a life-changing journey nearly a decade ago when Dr Pang moved to Sydney to pursue her dream of studying medicine at the University of New South Wales. She is one of 20 interns who will start their medical career at Caboolture Hospital this year.<\/p>\n<p>Medical interns spend 12 months gaining valuable hands-on experience, rotating through key areas of the hospital including general medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, emergency, surgery and paediatrics.<\/p>\n<p>Before pursuing medicine, Dr Pang had a diverse background, having worked as a beauty therapist and studied nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>She is currently working in general surgery and adjusting to the busy hospital environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love how busy it is \u2014 it keeps me on my toes and makes everything feel exciting,\u201d Dr Pang said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe staff &#8211; especially the medical education and medical workforce team &#8211; have been incredibly welcoming, which has made the transition much smoother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her passion for women\u2019s health has her eyeing a future in obstetrics and gynaecology (OBGYN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to see what happens during my rotation, but I\u2019m definitely drawn to OBGYN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges of a long-distance relationship, their bond has only strengthened over time.<\/p>\n<p>The happy couple are now working on plans for a wedding later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine\u2019s Day this year is a special occasion for Caboolture Hospital medical intern Dr Bianca Pang who will share the day at work with her fianc\u00e9\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10471"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10516,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions\/10516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}