I can’t possibly come up with the right words to thank all the people who spent four days looking after my husband who went into medical distress due to COVID.
Despite being triple vaxxed, he was so weakened that we needed an ambulance and hospital care to get him back up and running.
From the EMTs who had to move him, to the host of hospital employees who cared for him, he was well looked after and will fully recover. Thanks, thanks, thanks. For the cleaners and admitting staff, the cooks and launderers and all the others that keep that giant machine of a hospital running, thanks.
And now, I have to recover from the shock of seeing what the insides of that machine look like. It’s horrifying at the moment.
I don’t know how any of those amazingly benevolent people survive working under the current conditions. The overcrowding is insane; there is not a nook or cranny in the entire emergency area that is not crammed full of people, in beds or chairs or standing.
And that’s after they have spent their time in the waiting area. The place is teeming with nurses and doctors and first responders all trying to keep up, and the ambulances don’t stop coming and there’s a queue at the door.
There are almost no beds/rooms available in the rest of the hospital, so it all happens behind those sliding doors.
As my husband was not in imminent danger, the ambulance service took more than 30 minutes to arrive. What a terrible pressure under which to work! Triage and go, make the decisions as to who needs the immediate service and try to get there on time while others wait longer and longer.
Must be so stressful, and yet they couldn’t have been more calming and attentive once they arrived. Thanks.
The system is wildly broken at this time and I have no solutions to offer, no magic wand and no trillions of dollars. I am just thankful that there are enough people still willing to work under those conditions to help us when we need it. Angels.
Thanks for just turning up.
Thanks, thanks, thanks. It feels like such a weak word, but it is heartfelt. I can only hope that there is some relief in the future, that you can again work under conditions that allow you to feel your are able to and can do your best work.
In the meantime, know that you are appreciated.
