Refocusing Perspectives

Very Important Repost . This story deserved to be reread, remembered, shared, and reshared for the infinite values of life it unraveled. This story reminds us of 339 physicians and 242 nurses' vulnerabilities who are now infected of COVID19 disease after directly exposing themselves to carriers confined in their facilities. It also reminds us the state of healthcare system in our country and of the marginalized side of the world which had been struggling for decades to get the slice of relevant budget from government's budgetary allocation. (Disclaimer: The words below are my own and reflect only my views and experiences as an ICU nurse. My intention is solely to express my lived experiences thus far throughout this pandemic; my intention is not to speak on behalf of the hospital at which I am employed, nor is my intent to misrepresent the experiences of other nurses here in the city. I speak only for myself, and I can only hope others will resonate with my words.) Yesterd...

March 21, 2020 While in a long walk from our barangay hall to another point of destination, we passed through a trisikad driver who emerged from a corner and was bound home. We negotiated for a lift until a certain point. Just as we were about to turn right in a corner, a police car with 2 personnel stopped. Each of the personnel took turned of hurling words against him " matigas na ulo " because " bawal ang sikad mamasada " while enhanced quarantine is enforced. We remained seated as the teen sikad driver listened. He explained he was on his way home and he will just drop us as passengers at a certain point.   Meanwhile, I was there recording the conversation, looking at the patches of policemen. I was listening while at the same time reflecting how else could other market with ease when all residents will be deprived from utilities. Perhaps, going to market must be done at dawn time to be able to walk without the scorching sun. But what about if one will be pay...

As of March 23, there are 396 ncovid19+ patients and 33 persons who expired due to this disease. This report cited that RITM has 600 testing capacity per day while other regional hospitals with PCR & biosafety measures for testing ncovid have 100 or 50 testing capacities. But while there area handful of identified hospitals which passed requirements as ncovid testing laboratory, the rest of Mindanao has only one (1) and its in Davao which is totally in a lockdown. Know that all those who needed ncovid test in Mindanao have to rely on one laboratory which is 100s kilometers far from municipalities and provinces. Unless other city and regional hospitals in Mindanao are able to upgrade its facilities based on requirements, ncovid test and its results will take some time for interpretation. These days, we acknowledge that there are hundreds of PUIs In Mindanao who are direly needing ncovid test. LGUs need to help upgrade hospital capacities to make it as accredited for ncovid pati...

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