Hospitals, Health and Services

Public services seem to be diminishing whilst taxes are at an all time high. Why are our doctors and nurses under so much pressure? Our hospitals and medical teams are stretched to capacity and patients are being attended to in the corridors of our hospitals, as there are no other rooms for them to be seen in! Why is this?

I was shocked when I attended my sister’s side at the public hospital, the service provided by the staff was amazing. I watched and I listened as the doctors and nurses went about their work, they worked tirelessly and efficiently. I was astounded that they managed to keep “their chins up” as the corridors grew smaller with each new patient. Some of the admittances were transfers from another hospital, while ambulance officers hurried in others from other outside incidents.

The emergency team were quickly assessing every patients needs and prioritising each patient’s emergency into manageable portions and dealing with each person’s dilemma as the need arose. I was impressed with the tenacity and resolve that these people have. Their dedication to a vocation that saves human lives was impeccable. What an incredibly beautiful race of humans this group turned out to be. My heart was full of admiration for them. This made me realise that although there are some there are some scallywags in our society, most people are decent human beings.

We may need to offer better incentives for our younger generation to train in the health sector. We need to attract specialist doctors and nursing staff to work in this arena or we will have a very serious shortage of trained staff, which will in turn put the public at greater risk. I think the shortage is having an effect with the volunteer services picking up some of the slack but without enough qualified people to cover the demand for services, danger levels are increased for each patient, person, nurse, and doctor and hospital worker.