Volunteer Ventilators
I am absent today in my duty. I have a flu. I feel so weak today but I still went online because I can not sleep with the kind of weather we have here in our country1 plus the noise due to the on-going renovation of our house.
I texted Mitchie2 and asked her how they’re doing. I found out that only she and Diane are present. The other four members of our group, including me, are absent. Like me, they are also not feeling well.
She told me that they are already tired and busy ventilating this certain patient who was abandoned by his/her family. I feel so sorry for them. I apologized for not showing up. I could have helped them.
Let me tell you about the Medicine Ward, where we are currently assigned since last week. It is divided into three categories, the dirty (where all the pneumonia, tuberculosis and other air-borne diseases are), clean (any disease that aren’t required to wear a mask for protection) and the “ICU”. Yes, ICU with quotation marks.
Supposedly, an ICU should be well-ventilated. All of the ICUs I have been to are air-conditioned. But in this hospital, it is not. Actually, there is a real ICU which is air-conditioned but I bet it’s for the patients who can afford to pay for the hospital services. I am not sure about that yet. Anyway, the ICU ward3 is just ventilated by two electric fans which is soooo dirty and rusty. A real ICU should have a cardiac monitor, infusion pumps and mechanical ventilator. In the ICU ward, I only saw one infusion pump which is understandable. But you know what’s saddening? They don’t have mechanical ventilators in it.
What is a mechanical ventilator? It’s a machine that assists a patient to breathe 24/7. So how do those patients breathe spontaneously without a mechanical ventilator? They are ventilated by their relatives/guardians/family manually by an ambubag. Sad, right? Imagine a person pressing an ambubag 24/7. Who wouldn’t get tired?
I pity the patients as well as their relatives. All of them are sleep deprived. They also have shifts like us, nurses. But what can they do? They don’t have the money to pay for the real ICU. We can’t blame the hospital too because they don’t have enough equipment that they need due to lack of funds allotted by the government.
I wonder how our CORRUPT politicians can take this reality. Are they even aware what these patients are going through? I’m so disappointed that they still have the guts to corrupt while there are patients who can not receive the kind of health care that they deserve.
Well, reality really sucks.
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My name is Xyla, a 24-year-old Filipina unemployed registered nurse. I am a freelance writer for a nursing magazine of a review center. I aim to be a nurse leader in the future. With only 12 units left in my Master's Degree (Major in Medical-Surgical Nursing), I am ready to teach nursing students. During my past time, I kill Zombies, plant Cherry Bombs, Marigold and Melon Pult and make cheesy stuff for my boyfriend. I firmly justify that I am not too old for Glee-addiction. I hate prepositions. They make my life complicated.
Get well soon, bru!
I feel bad for those patients who needs ICU but they can’t afford to get an ICU room in a private hospital. =(
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I love the new layout ate Xy. It is so cute. Nang mabasa ko ang word na ambubag talagang napaisip ako ng parang pump na balloon. Kawawa nga yung taong nagpepress ng ambubag. Get well soon ate xy
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hay, kakaawa naman. sana naman matauhan ang mga corrupt na officials. nakakakulo talaga sila ng dugo. palibahasa privileged sila kaya they don’t care. tsk!
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about the mechanical ventilator, ang hirap nun. nakakaasar kasi alam natin na mayaman ang mga officials dito, tapos ganyan ang makikita natin.. saan napupunta ung ibang pondo? nakakaasar.. sshh..
anyway..get well soon po.. :)
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woah :o i can imagine. that’s so tiring nga!
grabe, this frustrates me also. how those who are corrupt can bear the thought of this. wala ba silang conscience?
anyway, i like the new layout!(galing mo talaga ate xy)
it’s so summer-ish!:D
anyway, i have a new blog. pls click nalang my name for the link.
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Wow that is really depressing to hear… if I had to get a relative to manually press a button so I can breath, I think I’d rather than force them to sit through that torture (even if they say they need to do it).
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Ay grabe. Ang sad. To think marami dyan naliligo sa luho. I’ve read somewhere that the world is not really poor. There’s just this unjust distribution of the world’s wealth. =(
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my goodness. its getting worse. iniimagine ko pa lang, ang sakit na sa ulo. i admire you because i dont think i can bear actually witnessing this. naalala ko din dati nung student duty days, yung groupmate ko nag ambubag din for like an hour. :cry:
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aww. that’s worst! pano kaya natatagalan ng mayayamang pulitiko ang sistema ng Pilipinas ngayon? haayz. sana kasi magdonate naman yung mayayaman for the poor at wag na magnakawan sa gobyerno para may patas na pamamahagi para sa mga equipments ng iba’t ibang sector (ex. hospital, school, etc.) >.<
Miss you lola pretty!
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