Nurse to other's

19/06/2022

The Other-Self
ሌላው እኔ
ኡስታዝ በድሩ ሁሴን እንደፃፈው

የሰው ልጅ የክብር ጉዞ የኔና ያንተ ክብር ነው፤ የሰው ልጅ የውርደት እሽቁልቁሊት የኔና ያንተ ውርደት ነው። ከመኪና እያወረዱ የረሸኑን እኔና አንተን ነው፤ ረሻኞችም እኛው ነን።
በወለጋ የተጨፈጨፍነው እኔና አንተ ነን፤ ጨፍጫፊዎቹም እኛው ነን።

የትም ቦታ የሚደርስ ኢሰብአዊነት ከሰውነት ተርታ የሚያስወጣን እኛኑ ነው። ከሰውነት ክብር መውረድ ማለት ወደ እንስሳነት ደረጃ ዝቅ ማለት ነው። እንስሳነት ሲያይል በንፁሃን ደም የሚፎክርና ነውሩ ክብሩ የሆነ ሰው በማህበረሰብ ውስጥ ይበቅላል።

ወንድሜ፣
"ማን ተገደለ?" ብለህ አትጠይቅ፤ የሞትነው እኔና አንተ ነን። "ማን ገደለ?" ብለህም አትጠይቅ፤ የጨፈጨፍነው እኔና አንተ ነን። "ማን ያስቁመው?" ካልከኝ ራሱን "ሰው" ብሎ የሚጠራ ማንኛውም ሰው ሁሉ እልሃለሁ። ፖለቲከኞች፣ የሃይማኖት አባቶች፣ ተፅእኖ ፈጣሪ ግለሰቦች...

አላህ ሆይ! በቃ በለን! የእውነት "ሰው" እንሆን ዘንድ እርዳን።

09/02/2021

19/01/2021

COVID impact at frontline nurse
‘I have never seen so many nurses cry during shifts’ – the mental health of NHS workers is on the brink With rising Covid cases, limited resources and staff shortages, healthcare workers are being pushed to their limit – and yet all the warning signs released.

NHS staff are physically and emotionally exhausted. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a system plagued by staff shortages and inadequate funding – a system that has, for years, relied on goodwill.

The psychological burden of the pandemic on healthcare workers was predictable. The detrimental impact of other pandemics, such as Sars, on mental health of healthcare workers is well documented, with increased rates of depression, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety.

Combine this with high pre-existing rates of psychiatric, stress-related illnesses experienced by UK doctors, and su***de rates higher than many other occupations, and we have a perfect storm. There were early warning calls, with published data on the impact of Covid-19 on mental health of healthcare workers from China and Singapore. We were simply ill prepared.

With rising cases, limited resources and staff shortages, healthcare workers are being pushed to their limit. One senior nurse at a busy London emergency department said: “We were seven short this morning. Some are sick with Covid, some are isolating and some have been off for weeks for mental health reasons.

“Every day we are relying on the goodwill of colleagues to come in to do extra shifts,” she continued. “The extra support we had in the first wave, with free food, transport, and extra pay for additional shifts has been scrapped. Many of us are not from the UK, feel isolated and drained, and haven’t seen our families for eight or nine months. I have never seen so many nurses cry during shifts. Every shift is a struggle.”

Some healthcare workers have been forced to take prolonged sick leave for mental health reasons or have even

15/01/2021

"Nursing Wasn't My Plan B: It Was My Plan A"

I am a Nurse. I didn't become a nurse because I

couldn't cut it in med school, or failed organic chemistry, science or biology but rather because I chose this.

| work to maintain my patient's dignity through intimate moments, difficult long term decisions, and heartbreaking situations. I share in the joy of newly born babies and miraculously cured diseases. I share in the heart break of a child taken too soon, a disease too powerful, a life changed forever.

My patient is often an entire family. I assess and advocate. Sometimes I wipe bottoms, often I give meds, but that isn't the extent of what I do.

There are people above rna, and pecple below. I work closely with both, without them, I could not do what do well. I chose this piiessiori and love almost every minute of it.

Iknow I am not alone and I appreciate all of the nurses who work alongside me. Many of them have shaped me into the nurse I am. Someday I will shape others into the nurse they will be. This wasn't my plan B, it was my plan A, and I would gladly choose it

again.

Last but not least We all know that in medical

profession we may not make the most money or receive the highest recognition, but day in and day out we will be making the biggest difference in the lives of patients. -Mirna ldris

13/12/2020

who vaccinate me

01/11/2020

Ethiopian Mamitu Gashe saved
by Australian fistula doctor
Catherine Hamlin now Africa’s
top surgeon
When Mamitu Gashe met Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin
in 1963, she was incontinent and illiterate. Fifty seven years
later, she is one of Africa’s top surgeons.
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An illiterate surgeon raised barefoot in the mountains of
Ethiopia grew up to become the ‘future of African medicine’ –
and she still can’t read or write.
Mamitu Gashe was 16 when she went into labour with her first
child in a mud hut in her highland village in 1963.
She spent four days in excruciating pain before her baby son
died inside her, causing an obstetric fistula – a devastating
injury sustained during traumatic childbirth which leaves
women incontinent, uncontrollably leaking urine and faeces for
what is often the rest of their lives.
Fate brought her to the capital, Addis Ababa, where she was
treated by legendary Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin – a
woman who would become her mentor, surrogate mother and
lifelong friend.
Eternally indebted for her second chance at life, Mamitu, now
73, learned to operate on fistulas by placing her hands over
the great Sydney surgeon’s and tracing her intricate incisions
as she worked to save the women once described as ’20th-
century lepers’.
Through drought, famine and murderous regimes, Dr Hamlin
devoted her days to this cause before her death.