21/08/2025
๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐
๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐
The Philippine public hospital emergency room is a battlefield. A single doctor may face dozens of patients at once, children with fevers, elderly struggling to breathe, accident victims crying out in pain, families desperately asking for help. The scene is chaotic, urgent, and overwhelming. Yet behind the white coat and stethoscope is a human being, a doctor who feels, who tires, who breaks.
In a system where doctors are often treated as if they are machines, it is easy to forget that they, too, are flesh and blood. They push themselves past exhaustion, not because they are robots, but because lives depend on them.
๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ โ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก.
๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐
The strain on doctors and nurses is not simply the result of patient volume. It is the symptom of a deeper, systemic disease: a healthcare system weakened by decades of underfunding and corruption.
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐จ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
In the midst of this reality, patients and their watchers must also be mindful. Doctors understand suffering, they dedicate their lives to healing. But watchers must remember: the doctor attending to your loved one is also attending to many others.
๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐
The World Health Organization recommends 1 doctor for every 1,000 people. In the Philippines, we only have about 3 doctors for every 10,000 Filipinos in many provinces. This forces a handful of doctors to care for entire communities. Less than 5% of the national budget is allocated to healthcare, far below the WHO recommendation of at least 10%. Funds are often mismanaged, with corruption scandals in health agencies draining resources.
๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐
Doctors are not robots. They are human beings doing their best within a broken system. While we call for accountability from government leaders who have neglected and corrupted healthcare, we must also call for compassion from patients and watchers.
