‘m geri…

Im soooooo bored!  Hindi ko kaya na im being paid for doing nothing…hindi naman sa wala me ginagawa dito the thing is, after working in the emergency room for 7 or 8 years (?) eto ako naka upo lang and waiting for patients to come. Walang action! I want more!  Walang adrenaline rush.  Although yesterday, I was about to send my daily medical report when the security officer told me to be on stand by kasi daw may binaril na dalawang staff ng Samaritan Purse (American NGO).  Na excite ako bigla! Hindi dahil natutuwa ako na may nasasaktan okay. Feeling ko doctor na naman ako at hindi parang call center guy (maghapon ako sa YM at sa dect phone buti na lang daming forbidden sites). So, isinantabi ko muna ang schedule ko to play volleyball and rushed to the airport kasi they were evacuated at dun ko na lang hinintay of course kasama ko ang ambulance driver ko. The moment the UN chopper landed at tumigil ang elisi sa pagikot akyat agad ako sa helicopter to check kung anung mga injuries.  Na excite uli ako kasi nakakita ako ng dugo…

sana

huwag isipin na ko ay masochista…di ba.  Check check check…injuries were not too severe.  Hindi katulad ng mga nakita ko sa E.R. nuon…putol na lower limb tapos iaabot sa iyo yung kaputol…mga flat faced na beyond recognition dahil bumangga ang harap ng oto sa naka park na malaking  truck na walang EWD…bala na nakabaon lang sa scalp etc.  Yung kanila avulsion lang…pero yung isa, she was shot in the knee area and there was no point of exit.  Stable! 

Para

maging productive naman talaga nakibuhat ako ng stretcher from the plane to the ambulance.  Then from the ambulance to the emergency room of a national hospital.  Excited pa rin ako.  Daming patients….parang peoples power or fans day…natigalgal na lang ako kasi walang

kama

so ang pobreng patient nilapag na lang sa sahig na cemento.  And the local doctor assigned sa ER eh kewl…as in, walang kabog. Siguro sanay na. pero my patient was grimacing in pain…whining….deadma.  Hindi ako makag angas na hindi ba pwedeng bigyan ng analgesic para naman kumalma ang hapdi at kirot na nararamdam…?  Hindi ko ito teritoryo..so, pinaghele ko na lang ang pobreng bata at binantayan.  Sin of omission pero wala akong magagawa. Besides, paano ko sasabihin sa Arabic ang pwede mo bang bigyan ng Medicol or Nubain ang pasyente ko?!  When the doctors were exploring her gun shot wound, the mother of the patient came.  Eto na ang mga eksena na ayokong makita.   Hikbi at impit na iyak…gestures na alam mo na anytime eh pwedeng mag hysteria or pwedeng underacting.  Sa dugo hindi ako naapektuhan pero the moment I see the relatives cry with the patient…dun ako nagdudurugo…hindi naman ako makikiiyak pero dama mo yung takot at pain nung nanay. Dun ako nagwa walk out….

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