Inside the Ward
It's really awful to be there. To be stuck for a day or even more is worse to worst. You cannot see and enjoy the world around you and you will miss being with the people you love. The only consolation you get is that every time you feel pain, you feel secure with your life (or maybe NOT) inside a hospital.
Yesterday, I was in the office and was preparing for a lunch date with officemates when my phone rang. It was my mom. I did not answer her because I was still on the phone talking with a writer. Then I forgot about her call. While lunching, I got another call from a different number, twice. And I have this habit of not answering calls unlisted in my phone's directory. So I ignored it.
And then an SMS came saying my Mom was rushed to the hospital. I was in disbelief because mom and I texted each other that morning and she never mentioned of going to Gensan. She came from Marbel, an hour's drive away from Gensan. She and a friend came over to get their transcript of records from their school where she got her MA.
And so I and hubby rushed to the hospital and found Mom in the ER, hooked with an IV, bp: 220/180. She had a vertigo attack while having snacks in Jollibee.
And so i called home to inform my sisters. They will bring Mom's personal needs and has to take care of other necessary stuffs for Philhealth. No private room available, not even semi-private but ward. Yes, I stayed in the ward for 8 long hours. 8 female patients of different diagnosis, and my mom being the youngest looking of them.
8 long hours and it was terrible. The hospital was okay, clean and ventilated, but the feeling of confinement was just too difficult to deal with. And mom was very aggressive to go home and even wanted to be discharged against medical advice. Maybe because of the uneasy feeling of staying inside a hospital. Different diseases, different people, way too noisy nurses and visitors. Maybe I would have felt relaxed if she was in a private room, but the reason that she is in the ward is the number of patients admitted in the hospital. Way too many. Imagine the money and time lost, and the good things you will miss while being confined.
Hayyyy, take care of your health guys. It's an awful place, the hospital. I am inspired now to really be healthy for me and the family, as I cannot take the lost days spent in a hospital. I am not rich enough to waste my time and money there. Bawal magkasakit, so get a good healthy life!
Yesterday, I was in the office and was preparing for a lunch date with officemates when my phone rang. It was my mom. I did not answer her because I was still on the phone talking with a writer. Then I forgot about her call. While lunching, I got another call from a different number, twice. And I have this habit of not answering calls unlisted in my phone's directory. So I ignored it.
And then an SMS came saying my Mom was rushed to the hospital. I was in disbelief because mom and I texted each other that morning and she never mentioned of going to Gensan. She came from Marbel, an hour's drive away from Gensan. She and a friend came over to get their transcript of records from their school where she got her MA.
And so I and hubby rushed to the hospital and found Mom in the ER, hooked with an IV, bp: 220/180. She had a vertigo attack while having snacks in Jollibee.
And so i called home to inform my sisters. They will bring Mom's personal needs and has to take care of other necessary stuffs for Philhealth. No private room available, not even semi-private but ward. Yes, I stayed in the ward for 8 long hours. 8 female patients of different diagnosis, and my mom being the youngest looking of them.
8 long hours and it was terrible. The hospital was okay, clean and ventilated, but the feeling of confinement was just too difficult to deal with. And mom was very aggressive to go home and even wanted to be discharged against medical advice. Maybe because of the uneasy feeling of staying inside a hospital. Different diseases, different people, way too noisy nurses and visitors. Maybe I would have felt relaxed if she was in a private room, but the reason that she is in the ward is the number of patients admitted in the hospital. Way too many. Imagine the money and time lost, and the good things you will miss while being confined.
Hayyyy, take care of your health guys. It's an awful place, the hospital. I am inspired now to really be healthy for me and the family, as I cannot take the lost days spent in a hospital. I am not rich enough to waste my time and money there. Bawal magkasakit, so get a good healthy life!
Comments
the agony of being in the ward cramped with patients, and most of the time doesn't look like a hospital as tidy as it should be, have to be addressed to proper authorities who should always look after the welfare and health of patients and employees.
if only govenment officials have proper budget allocation to improvement of hospitals, in all aspects, not only structural but more importantly salaries of healthcare providers, then everyone will be benefited.
mahirap at mahal talaga magkasakit saang sulok man ng pinas! we have to try our best to stay healthy.
I can be a little hypochondriac (feeling may sakit na malala pero wala lang talaga, OA lang) sometimes. I don't eat food na alam kong magiging masama para sa kalusugan ko.
Take care of yourself and your Mom, Sheng.
It sucks being in a Hospital. I know because I've been confined of Dengue for a week. Imagine missing loads of stuff in a week.
pray na ok na ok na ang iyong nanay!
no matter what age we are in, we must never abuse the health condition we have. like you, i always want my family to be safe and healthy.