Its almost been a year i've been @ ED.
In tht brief moment of time, I've discerned a disturbin pattern. Are Singaporeans gettin sicker? Or perhaps there's a new sickness. Its called sick of werk. Its like a domino effect see. Honestly, hw many of us hav intense passion for our werk? Overwerked and underpaid. In order to maintain our 'competetiveness' an employee must know how to multi-task. In layman's term means a good werker muz be able to handle a 3 person's job, be totally independent, self-reliant and knw how to short-cut (read efficient, werk smart not werk hard)
No thanx to tht STUPID article that was printed on THe STrait Times wif the headlines "No More Excuses!" When an exployee is overtaxed, increased stress levels, resentment and burnout is definately the norm. This leads to higher frequency of fallin sick and takin MCs. This leads to other colleagues havin to shoulder the xtra burden @ the werkplc. And this in turn leads to tht person whose coverin that mc person to fall sick and take mc on other days too. The cycle goes on and on. Werker satisfaction starts to decline dramatically thus resultin in higher turn over rate. Of course, juz becoz an employee is able to do 3 jobs simultaneously doesnt mean tht person get three times the pay.
Overwerk and underpaid. Welcum to the werkin class of the majority in SG. And everytime there's school holidays or the eve of holz and after it... my God. One can just come down to ED to see how jam-packed the patients there and how long the que @ Reg counter.
And no thx to other clinics... when they feel overburdened... hey no problem. Presto! Referral letter to ED and the poor pt still hav to cough up sum dough for 'consultation fee' WTF!
Things are really gettin harder and busier @ ED. Low man power due to high turn over rate. Increased in patient traffic and equipment on deterioration. Yesterday was a TOTAL nightmare to me. Its Thurz for gods sake yet the traffic was like on a Mon mornin. To make matters worse the comp decided it was April Fools day. The mouse dancing Step Up all over the monitor, frequent laggin and many times just dump me out of the system when I was in the middle of registering all the pt's demographic data. No help when the patients and their god damned relatives started using their eye power on me as though wif their eye power they can hasten things up and giv me Duracell or Energiser power in me.
Not to mention sumtimes I feel like laughin out loud or juz reach out to the patient and shake sum sense into him. Imagine "I Want to Stay in The Hospital" right into my face. Like Hello? Are U aware of the tight bed situation? or perhaps i should respon to "Would u like to stay in a Superior Room @ Hotel 81 instead?" Room and board charges is definately cheaper there. Perhaps u would like to oogle at our nurses and jerk off at C class wards?
Almost been a year. When I started werkin @ the hospital, it was to keep an eye on my ailing mum. To convince her to resign. To protect her frm her bullish superiors. It was also to learn the ways and methods of healtcare system. I put it to good use when mum underwent treatments. Its almost a year now...
As always, every clouded day gives way to the brightest of sunshine. And yesterday I received the sweetest news. I've always believed that if I believe in sumthing hard enuff, backed wif determination and effort, there is always a way.
There is always more than one way to a destination. Its my time to Step Up. Thank you, for ur faith in me.
